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36 \def\Pr{{\rm Pr}}
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48 \makeindex
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49 \begin{document}
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50 \title{LibTomCrypt \\ Version 1.05}
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51 \author{Tom St Denis \\
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53 [email protected] \\
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54 http://libtomcrypt.org
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55 }
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56 \maketitle
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57 This text and source code library are both hereby placed in the public domain. This book has been
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58 formatted for A4 paper using the \LaTeX{} {\em book} macro package.
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62 \begin{flushright}Open Source. Open Academia. Open Minds.
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78 \newpage
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79 \tableofcontents
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80 \chapter{Introduction}
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81 \section{What is the LibTomCrypt?}
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82 LibTomCrypt is a portable ISO C cryptographic library that is meant to be a toolset for cryptographers who are
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83 designing a cryptosystem. It supports symmetric ciphers, one-way hashes, pseudo-random number generators,
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84 public key cryptography (via PKCS \#1 RSA, DH or ECCDH) and a plethora of support
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85 routines.
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87 The library was designed such that new ciphers/hashes/PRNGs can be added at runtime and the existing API
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88 (and helper API functions) are able to use the new designs automatically. There exists self-check functions for each
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89 block cipher and hash function to ensure that they compile and execute to the published design specifications. The library
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90 also performs extensive parameter error checking to prevent any number of runtime exploits or errors.
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92 \subsection{What the library IS for?}
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94 The library serves as a toolkit for developers who have to solve cryptographic problems. Out of the box LibTomCrypt
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95 does not process SSL or OpenPGP messages, it doesn't read x.591 certificates or write PEM encoded data. It does, however,
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96 provide all of the tools required to build such functionality. LibTomCrypt was designed to be a flexible library that
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97 was not tied to any particular cryptographic problem.
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99 \section{Why did I write it?}
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100 You may be wondering, ``Tom, why did you write a crypto library. I already have one.''. Well the reason falls into
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101 two categories:
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102 \begin{enumerate}
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103 \item I am too lazy to figure out someone else's API. I'd rather invent my own simpler API and use that.
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104 \item It was (still is) good coding practice.
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105 \end{enumerate}
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107 The idea is that I am not striving to replace OpenSSL or Crypto++ or Cryptlib or etc. I'm trying to write my
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108 {\bf own} crypto library and hopefully along the way others will appreciate the work.
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110 With this library all core functions (ciphers, hashes, prngs) have the {\bf exact} same prototype definition. They all load
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111 and store data in a format independent of the platform. This means if you encrypt with Blowfish on a PPC it should decrypt
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112 on an x86 with zero problems. The consistent API also means that if you learn how to use Blowfish with my library you
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113 know how to use Safer+ or RC6 or Serpent or ... as well. With all of the core functions there are central descriptor tables
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114 that can be used to make a program automatically pick between ciphers, hashes and PRNGs at runtime. That means your
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115 application can support all ciphers/hashes/prngs without changing the source code.
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117 Not only did I strive to make a consistent and simple API to work with but I also strived to make the library
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118 configurable in terms of its build options. Out of the box the library will build with any modern version of GCC
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119 without having to use configure scripts. This means that the library will work with platforms where development
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120 tools may be limited (e.g. no autoconf).
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122 On top of making the build simple and the API approachable I've also strived for a reasonably high level of
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123 robustness and efficiency. LibTomCrypt traps and returns a series of errors ranging from invalid
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124 arguments to buffer overflows/overruns. It is mostly thread safe and has been clocked on various platforms
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125 with ``cycles per byte'' timings that are comparable (and often favourable) to other libraries such as OpenSSL and
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126 Crypto++.
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128 \subsection{Modular}
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129 The LibTomCrypt package has also been written to be very modular. The block ciphers, one--way hashes and
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130 pseudo--random number generators (PRNG) are all used within the API through ``descriptor'' tables which
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131 are essentially structures with pointers to functions. While you can still call particular functions
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132 directly (\textit{e.g. sha256\_process()}) this descriptor interface allows the developer to customize their
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133 usage of the library.
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135 For example, consider a hardware platform with a specialized RNG device. Obviously one would like to tap
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136 that for the PRNG needs within the library (\textit{e.g. making a RSA key}). All the developer has to do
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137 is write a descriptor and the few support routines required for the device. After that the rest of the
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138 API can make use of it without change. Similiarly imagine a few years down the road when AES2
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139 (\textit{or whatever they call it}) has been invented. It can be added to the library and used within applications
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140 with zero modifications to the end applications provided they are written properly.
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142 This flexibility within the library means it can be used with any combination of primitive algorithms and
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143 unlike libraries like OpenSSL is not tied to direct routines. For instance, in OpenSSL there are CBC block
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144 mode routines for every single cipher. That means every time you add or remove a cipher from the library
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145 you have to update the associated support code as well. In LibTomCrypt the associated code (\textit{chaining modes in this case})
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146 are not directly tied to the ciphers. That is a new cipher can be added to the library by simply providing
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147 the key setup, ECB decrypt and encrypt and test vector routines. After that all five chaining mode routines
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159 `mpi.c'' was originally written by Michael Fromberger ([email protected]) but has since been replaced with
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160 my LibTomMath library which is public domain.
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162 ``rc2.c'' is based on publicly available code that is not attributed to a person from the given source.
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169 of the authors knowledge the only patent related issues within the library are the RC5 and RC6 symmetric block ciphers.
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170 They can be removed from a build by simply commenting out the two appropriate lines in ``tomcrypt\_custom.h''. The rest
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173 The RC2 and RC4 symmetric ciphers are not under patents but are under trademark regulations. This means you can use
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177 I would like to give thanks to the following people (in no particular order) for helping me develop this project from
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182 \item Ajay K. Agrawal
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196 time to time.
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198 \chapter{The Application Programming Interface (API)}
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200 \index{CRYPT\_ERROR} \index{CRYPT\_OK}
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207 \index{error\_to\_string()}
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219 if ((err = some_crypto_function(...)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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227 There is no initialization routine for the library and for the most part the code is thread safe. The only thread
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231 To include the prototypes for ``LibTomCrypt.a'' into your own program simply include ``tomcrypt.h'' like so:
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239 The header file ``tomcrypt.h'' also includes ``stdio.h'', ``string.h'', ``stdlib.h'', ``time.h'', ``ctype.h'' and
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240 ``ltc\_tommath.h'' (the bignum library routines).
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247 \index{STORE32L} \index{STORE64L} \index{LOAD32L} \index{LOAD64L} \index{STORE32H} \index{STORE64H} \index{LOAD32H} \index{LOAD64H} \index{BSWAP}
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251 \hline STORE32L(x, y) & {\bf unsigned long} x, {\bf unsigned char} *y & $x \to y[0 \ldots 3]$ \\
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259 \hline BSWAP(x) & {\bf unsigned long} x & Swaps byte order (32--bits only) \\
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266 \index{ROL} \index{ROR} \index{ROL64} \index{ROR64} \index{ROLc} \index{RORc} \index{ROL64c} \index{ROR64c}
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270 \hline ROLc(x, y) & {\bf unsigned long} x, {\bf const unsigned long} y & $x << y, 0 \le y \le 31$ \\
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288 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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304 /* if rsa_export() was successful then x will have the size of the output */
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305 printf("RSA exported key takes %d bytes\n", x);
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314 indicating a buffer overflow would have occurred. If the function succeeds it stores the length of the output
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315 back into ``x'' so that the calling application will know how many bytes were used.
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317 \section{Functions that need a PRNG}
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318 \index{Pseudo Random Number Generator} \index{PRNG}
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319 Certain functions such as ``rsa\_make\_key()'' require a Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG). These functions do not setup
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320 the PRNG themselves so it is the responsibility of the calling function to initialize the PRNG before calling them.
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322 Certain PRNG algorithms do not require a ``prng\_state'' argument (sprng for example). The ``prng\_state'' argument
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323 may be passed as \textbf{NULL} in such situations.
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327 for a chaining mode or public key packet it is assumed that regardless of the actual size of ``unsigned char'' only the
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328 lower eight bits contain data. For example, if you want to pass a 256 bit key to a symmetric ciphers setup routine
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329 you must pass it in (a pointer to) an array of 32 ``unsigned char'' variables. Certain routines
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338 LibTomCrypt provides several block ciphers with an ECB block mode interface. It's important to first note that you
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343 \subsection{Key Scheduling}
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345 have the same prototype and store their keys as naturally as possible. This also removes the need for dynamic memory
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346 allocation and allows you to allocate a fixed sized buffer for storing scheduled keys. All ciphers provide five visible
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347 functions which are (given that XXX is the name of the cipher):
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349 \begin{verbatim}
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350 int XXX_setup(const unsigned char *key, int keylen, int rounds,
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354 The XXX\_setup() routine will setup the cipher to be used with a given number of rounds and a given key length (in bytes).
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357 If the function returns successfully the variable ``skey'' will have a scheduled key stored in it. It's important to note
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358 that you should only used this scheduled key with the intended cipher. For example, if you call ``blowfish\_setup()'' do not
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359 pass the scheduled key onto ``rc5\_ecb\_encrypt()''. All setup functions do not allocate memory off the heap so when you are
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360 done with a key you can simply discard it (e.g. they can be on the stack).
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362 \subsection{ECB Encryption and Decryption}
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363 To encrypt or decrypt a block in ECB mode there are these two function classes
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365 \begin{verbatim}
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366 void XXX_ecb_encrypt(const unsigned char *pt, unsigned char *ct,
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369 void XXX_ecb_decrypt(const unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *pt,
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374 the same buffer. For the encrypt function ``pt''\footnote{pt stands for plaintext.} is the input and
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375 ``ct''\footnote{ct stands for ciphertext.} is the output. For the decryption function it's the opposite. To test a particular
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376 cipher against test vectors\footnote{As published in their design papers.} call the self-test function
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378 \subsection{Self--Testing}
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379 \index{Cipher Testing}
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384 based upon.
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386 \subsection{Key Sizing}
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387 For each cipher there is a function which will help find a desired key size:
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389 int XXX_keysize(int *keysize);
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395 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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398 int keysize, err;
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402 if ((err = twofish_keysize(&keysize)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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403 printf("Error getting key size: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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413 \subsection{Cipher Termination}
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414 When you are finished with a cipher you can de--initialize it with the done function.
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415 \begin{verbatim}
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416 void XXX_done(symmetric_key *skey);
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418 For the software based ciphers within LibTomCrypt this function will not do anything. However, user supplied
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419 cipher descriptors may require calls to it for resource management. To be compliant all functions which call a cipher
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420 setup function must also call the respective cipher done function when finished.
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421
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422 \subsection{Simple Encryption Demonstration}
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427 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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428 int main(void)
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429 {
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430 unsigned char pt[8], ct[8], key[8];
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431 symmetric_key skey;
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435 /* ... load a block of plaintext in ``pt'' ... */
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438 if ((err = blowfish_setup(key, /* the key we will use */
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439 8, /* key is 8 bytes (64-bits) long */
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440 0, /* 0 == use default # of rounds */
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441 &skey) /* where to put the scheduled key */
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442 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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448 blowfish_ecb_encrypt(pt, /* encrypt this 8-byte array */
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449 ct, /* store encrypted data here */
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455 blowfish_ecb_decrypt(ct, /* decrypt this 8-byte array */
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456 pt, /* store decrypted data here */
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459 /* now we have decrypted ct to the original plaintext in pt */
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461 /* Terminate the cipher context */
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462 blowfish_done(&skey);
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473 because you're supposed to be paranoid. It's because if your PRNG has a bias of any sort the more bits the better. For
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481 ciphers are configured such that the default number of rounds provide adequate security for the given block and key
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482 size.
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485 \index{Cipher Descriptor}
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486 To facilitate automatic routines an array of cipher descriptors is provided in the array ``cipher\_descriptor''. An element
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491 struct _cipher_descriptor {
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492 char *name;
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493 unsigned char ID;
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494 int min_key_length,
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495 max_key_length,
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496 block_length,
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497 default_rounds;
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498 int (*setup)(const unsigned char *key, int keylen, int num_rounds, symmetric_key *skey);
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499 void (*ecb_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt, unsigned char *ct, symmetric_key *skey);
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500 void (*ecb_decrypt)(const unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *pt, symmetric_key *skey);
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501 int (*test)(void);
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502 void (*done)(symmetric_key *skey);
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503 int (*keysize)(int *keysize);
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504
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505 void (*accel_ecb_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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506 unsigned char *ct,
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507 unsigned long blocks, symmetric_key *skey);
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508 void (*accel_ecb_decrypt)(const unsigned char *ct,
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509 unsigned char *pt,
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510 unsigned long blocks, symmetric_key *skey);
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511 void (*accel_cbc_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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512 unsigned char *ct,
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513 unsigned long blocks, unsigned char *IV,
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514 symmetric_key *skey);
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515 void (*accel_cbc_decrypt)(const unsigned char *ct,
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516 unsigned char *pt,
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517 unsigned long blocks, unsigned char *IV,
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518 symmetric_key *skey);
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519 void (*accel_ctr_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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520 unsigned char *ct,
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521 unsigned long blocks, unsigned char *IV,
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522 int mode, symmetric_key *skey);
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523 void (*accel_ccm_memory)(
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524 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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525 const unsigned char *nonce, unsigned long noncelen,
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526 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long headerlen,
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527 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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528 unsigned char *ct,
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529 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen,
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530 int direction);
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534 \end{small}
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536 Where ``name'' is the lower case ASCII version of the name. The fields ``min\_key\_length'' and ``max\_key\_length''
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542 The remaining fields are all pointers to the core functions for each cipher. The end of the cipher\_descriptor array is
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562 \hline 3DES (EDE mode) & des3\_desc & 8 & 21 & 16 \\
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567 \hline Khazad & khazad\_desc & 8 & 16 & 8 \\
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574 \begin{small}
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575 \begin{enumerate}
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576 \item
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577 For AES (also known as Rijndael) there are four descriptors which complicate issues a little. The descriptors
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578 rijndael\_desc and rijndael\_enc\_desc provide the cipher named ``rijndael''. The descriptors aes\_desc and
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579 aes\_enc\_desc provide the cipher name ``aes''. Functionally both ``rijndael'' and ``aes'' are the same cipher. The
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580 only difference is when you call find\_cipher() you have to pass the correct name. The cipher descriptors with ``enc''
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582 and tables. The decryption and self--test function pointers of both ``encrypt only'' descriptors are set to \textbf{NULL} and
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585 The ``encrypt only'' descriptors are useful for applications that only use the encryption function of the cipher. Algorithms such
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586 as EAX, PMAC and OMAC only require the encryption function. So far this ``encrypt only'' functionality has only been implemented for
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587 Rijndael as it makes the most sense for this cipher.
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589 \item
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591 fact used for the purposes of encryption. My suggestion is just to use random 8/24 byte keys instead of trying to make a 8/24
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596 the file ``tomcrypt\_cfg.h''. The first option is ``TWOFISH\_SMALL'' which when defined will force the Twofish code
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598 key will require less ram but the resulting cipher will be slower. The second option is ``TWOFISH\_TABLES'' which when
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600 by the polynomials 5B and EF used in the MDS multiplication. As a result the code is faster and slightly larger. The
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601 speed increase is useful when ``TWOFISH\_SMALL'' is defined since the s-boxes and MDS multiply form the heart of the
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602 Twofish round function.
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604 \index{Twofish build options}
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606 \begin{center}
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607 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
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608 \hline TWOFISH\_SMALL & TWOFISH\_TABLES & Speed and Memory (per key) \\
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622 \index{find\_cipher()}
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624 int find_cipher(char *name)
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626 Which will search for a given name in the array. It returns negative one if the cipher is not found, otherwise it returns
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627 the location in the array where the cipher was found. For example, to indirectly setup Blowfish you can also use:
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628 \begin{small}
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630 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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632 {
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633 unsigned char key[8];
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634 symmetric_key skey;
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635 int err;
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636
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637 /* you must register a cipher before you use it */
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638 if (register_cipher(&blowfish_desc)) == -1) {
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639 printf("Unable to register Blowfish cipher.");
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640 return -1;
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644 if ((err = cipher_descriptor[find_cipher("blowfish")].setup(key, 8, 0, &skey)) !=
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645 CRYPT_OK) {
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646 printf("Error setting up Blowfish: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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647 return -1;
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650 /* ... use cipher ... */
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655 A good safety would be to check the return value of ``find\_cipher()'' before accessing the desired function. In order
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656 to use a cipher with the descriptor table you must register it first using:
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657 \index{register\_cipher()}
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659 int register_cipher(const struct _cipher_descriptor *cipher);
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661 Which accepts a pointer to a descriptor and returns the index into the global descriptor table. If an error occurs such
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662 as there is no more room (it can have 32 ciphers at most) it will return {\bf{-1}}. If you try to add the same cipher more
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663 than once it will just return the index of the first copy. To remove a cipher call:
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666 int unregister_cipher(const struct _cipher_descriptor *cipher);
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668 Which returns {\bf CRYPT\_OK} if it removes it otherwise it returns {\bf CRYPT\_ERROR}. Consider:
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673 {
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676 /* register the cipher */
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677 if (register_cipher(&rijndael_desc) == -1) {
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678 printf("Error registering Rijndael\n");
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679 return -1;
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684 /* remove it */
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685 if ((err = unregister_cipher(&rijndael_desc)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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686 printf("Error removing Rijndael: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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687 return -1;
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690 return 0;
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696 \section{Symmetric Modes of Operations}
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697 \subsection{Background}
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698 A typical symmetric block cipher can be used in chaining modes to effectively encrypt messages larger than the block
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699 size of the cipher. Given a key $k$, a plaintext $P$ and a cipher $E$ we shall denote the encryption of the block
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703 \index{ECB mode}
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705 \begin{equation}
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706 C_i = E_k(P_i)
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707 \end{equation}
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709 than once.
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712 \index{CBC mode}
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715 \begin{equation}
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716 C_i = E_k(P_i \oplus C_{i - 1})
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717 \end{equation}
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722 CTR or Counter Mode is a mode which only uses the encryption function of the cipher. Given a initial vector which is
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723 treated as a large binary counter the CTR mode is given as:
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724 \begin{eqnarray}
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725 C_{-1} = C_{-1} + 1\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }2^W) \nonumber \\
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726 C_i = P_i \oplus E_k(C_{-1})
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731
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735 \begin{eqnarray}
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736 C_i = P_i \oplus C_{-1} \nonumber \\
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739 Note that in this library the output feedback width is equal to the size of the block cipher. That is this mode is used
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741 blocks without a delay. When this mode is first setup it will initially encrypt the initial vector as required.
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746 \begin{eqnarray}
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747 C_{-1} = E_k(C_{-1}) \nonumber \\
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748 C_i = P_i \oplus C_{-1}
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749 \end{eqnarray}
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750 Like the CFB mode the output width in CFB mode is the same as the width of the block cipher. OFB mode will also
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751 buffer the output which will allow you to encrypt or decrypt partial blocks without delay.
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752
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753 \subsection{Choice of Mode}
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754 My personal preference is for the CTR mode since it has several key benefits:
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755 \begin{enumerate}
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756 \item No short cycles which is possible in the OFB and CFB modes.
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757 \item Provably as secure as the block cipher being used under a chosen plaintext attack.
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758 \item Technically does not require the decryption routine of the cipher.
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759 \item Allows random access to the plaintext.
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760 \item Allows the encryption of block sizes that are not equal to the size of the block cipher.
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762 The CTR, CFB and OFB routines provided allow you to encrypt block sizes that differ from the ciphers block size. They
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763 accomplish this by buffering the data required to complete a block. This allows you to encrypt or decrypt any size
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764 block of memory with either of the three modes.
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766 The ECB and CBC modes process blocks of the same size as the cipher at a time. Therefore they are less flexible than the
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769 \subsection{Initialization}
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771 \index{OFB Mode} \index{CFB Mode}
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772 The library provides simple support routines for handling CBC, CTR, CFB, OFB and ECB encoded messages. Assuming the mode
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775 \index{ecb\_start()} \index{cfb\_start()} \index{cbc\_start()} \index{ofb\_start()} \index{ctr\_start()}
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778 const unsigned char *key, int keylen,
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779 int num_rounds, symmetric_XXX *XXX);
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781 int ctr_start( int cipher,
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782 const unsigned char *IV,
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783 const unsigned char *key, int keylen,
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784 int num_rounds, int ctr_mode,
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785 symmetric_CTR *ctr);
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787 int ecb_start(int cipher, const unsigned char *key, int keylen,
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788 int num_rounds, symmetric_ECB *ecb);
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789 \end{verbatim}
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791 In each case ``cipher'' is the index into the cipher\_descriptor array of the cipher you want to use. The ``IV'' value is
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794 of the cipher you choose. It is important that the IV be random for each unique message you want to encrypt. The
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795 parameters ``key'', ``keylen'' and ``num\_rounds'' are the same as in the XXX\_setup() function call. The final parameter
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799 In the case of CTR mode there is an additional parameter ``ctr\_mode'' which specifies the mode that the counter is to be used in.
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800 If \textbf{CTR\_COUNTER\_LITTLE\_ENDIAN} was specified then the counter will be treated as a little endian value. Otherwise, if
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801 \textbf{CTR\_COUNTER\_BIG\_ENDIAN} was specified the counter will be treated as a big endian value.
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803 The routines return {\bf CRYPT\_OK} if the cipher initialized correctly, otherwise they return an error code.
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804
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805 \subsection{Encryption and Decryption}
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806 To actually encrypt or decrypt the following routines are provided:
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807 \index{ecb\_encrypt()} \index{ecb\_decrypt()} \index{cfb\_encrypt()} \index{cfb\_decrypt()}
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808 \index{cbc\_encrypt()} \index{cbc\_decrypt()} \index{ofb\_encrypt()} \index{ofb\_decrypt()} \index{ctr\_encrypt()} \index{ctr\_decrypt()}
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810 int XXX_encrypt(const unsigned char *pt, unsigned char *ct,
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811 unsigned long len, symmetric_YYY *YYY);
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812 int XXX_decrypt(const unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *pt,
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815 Where ``XXX'' is one of $\lbrace ecb, cbc, ctr, cfb, ofb \rbrace$.
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816
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817 In all cases ``len'' is the size of the buffer (as number of octets) to encrypt or decrypt. The CTR, OFB and CFB modes are order sensitive but not
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818 chunk sensitive. That is you can encrypt ``ABCDEF'' in three calls like ``AB'', ``CD'', ``EF'' or two like ``ABCDE'' and ``F''
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819 and end up with the same ciphertext. However, encrypting ``ABC'' and ``DABC'' will result in different ciphertexts. All
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820 five of the modes will return {\bf CRYPT\_OK} on success from the encrypt or decrypt functions.
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822 In the ECB and CBC cases ``len'' must be a multiple of the ciphers block size. In the CBC case you must manually pad the end of your message (either with
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823 zeroes or with whatever your protocol requires).
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825 To decrypt in either mode you simply perform the setup like before (recall you have to fetch the IV value you used)
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826 and use the decrypt routine on all of the blocks.
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828 \subsection{IV Manipulation}
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829 To change or read the IV of a previously initialized chaining mode use the following two functions.
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831 \index{cbc\_setiv()} \index{cbc\_getiv()} \index{ofb\_setiv()} \index{ofb\_getiv()} \index{cfb\_setiv()} \index{cfb\_getiv()}
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832 \index{ctr\_setiv()} \index{ctr\_getiv()}
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833 \begin{verbatim}
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834 int XXX_getiv(unsigned char *IV, unsigned long *len, symmetric_XXX *XXX);
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835 int XXX_setiv(const unsigned char *IV, unsigned long len, symmetric_XXX *XXX);
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836 \end{verbatim}
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838 The XXX\_getiv() functions will read the IV out of the chaining mode and store it into ``IV'' along with the length of the IV
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839 stored in ``len''. The XXX\_setiv will initialize the chaining mode state as if the original IV were the new IV specified. The length
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840 of the IV passed in must be the size of the ciphers block size.
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842 The XXX\_setiv() functions are handy if you wish to change the IV without re--keying the cipher.
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844 \subsection{Stream Termination}
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845 To terminate an open stream call the done function.
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847 \index{ecb\_done()} \index{cbc\_done()}\index{cfb\_done()}\index{ofb\_done()} \index{ctr\_done()}
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848 \begin{verbatim}
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849 int XXX_done(symmetric_XXX *XXX);
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850 \end{verbatim}
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852 This will terminate the stream (by terminating the cipher) and return \textbf{CRYPT\_OK} if successful.
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854 \subsection{Examples}
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860 int main(void)
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862 unsigned char key[16], IV[16], buffer[512];
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863 symmetric_CTR ctr;
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864 int x, err;
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866 /* register twofish first */
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867 if (register_cipher(&twofish_desc) == -1) {
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868 printf("Error registering cipher.\n");
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869 return -1;
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878 key, /* the secret key */
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880 0, /* 0 == default # of rounds */
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884 printf("ctr_start error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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886 }
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887
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888 /* somehow fill buffer than encrypt it */
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889 if ((err = ctr_encrypt( buffer, /* plaintext */
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890 buffer, /* ciphertext */
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891 sizeof(buffer), /* length of data to encrypt */
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892 &ctr) /* previously initialized CTR state */
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894 printf("ctr_encrypt error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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895 return -1;
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896 }
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897
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898 /* make use of ciphertext... */
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899
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900 /* now we want to decrypt so let's use ctr_setiv */
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901 if ((err = ctr_setiv( IV, /* the initial IV we gave to ctr_start */
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902 16, /* the IV is 16 bytes long */
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903 &ctr) /* the ctr state we wish to modify */
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904 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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905 printf("ctr_setiv error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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906 return -1;
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907 }
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908
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909 if ((err = ctr_decrypt( buffer, /* ciphertext */
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910 buffer, /* plaintext */
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911 sizeof(buffer), /* length of data to encrypt */
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912 &ctr) /* previously initialized CTR state */
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913 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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914 printf("ctr_decrypt error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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915 return -1;
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916 }
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917
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918 /* terminate the stream */
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919 if ((err = ctr_done(&ctr)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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920 printf("ctr_done error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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921 return -1;
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922 }
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923
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924 /* clear up and return */
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925 zeromem(key, sizeof(key));
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926 zeromem(&ctr, sizeof(ctr));
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927
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928 return 0;
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929 }
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930 \end{verbatim}
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931 \end{small}
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932
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933 \section{Encrypt and Authenticate Modes}
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934
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935 \subsection{EAX Mode}
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936 LibTomCrypt provides support for a mode called EAX\footnote{See
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937 M. Bellare, P. Rogaway, D. Wagner, A Conventional Authenticated-Encryption Mode.} in a manner similar to the
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938 way it was intended to be used by the designers. First a short description of what EAX mode is before I explain how to use it.
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939 EAX is a mode that requires a cipher, CTR and OMAC support and provides encryption and authentication\footnote{Note that since EAX only requires OMAC and CTR you may use ``encrypt only'' cipher descriptors with this mode.}.
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940 It is initialized with a random ``nonce'' that can be shared publicly as well as a ``header'' which can be fixed and public as well as a random
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941 secret symmetric key.
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942
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943 The ``header'' data is meant to be meta-data associated with a stream that isn't private (e.g. protocol messages). It can
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944 be added at anytime during an EAX stream and is part of the authentication tag. That is, changes in the meta-data can
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945 be detected by changes in the output tag.
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946
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947 The mode can then process plaintext producing ciphertext as well as compute a partial checksum. The actual checksum
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948 called a ``tag'' is only emitted when the message is finished. In the interim though the user can process any arbitrary
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949 sized message block to send to the recipient as ciphertext. This makes the EAX mode especially suited for streaming modes
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950 of operation.
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951
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952 The mode is initialized with the following function.
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953 \index{eax\_init()}
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954 \begin{verbatim}
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955 int eax_init(eax_state *eax, int cipher,
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956 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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957 const unsigned char *nonce, unsigned long noncelen,
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958 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long headerlen);
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959 \end{verbatim}
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960
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961 Where ``eax'' is the EAX state. ``cipher'' is the index of the desired cipher in the descriptor table.
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962 ``key'' is the shared secret symmetric key of length ``keylen''. ``nonce'' is the random public string of
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963 length ``noncelen''. ``header'' is the random (or fixed or \textbf{NULL}) header for the message of length
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964 ``headerlen''.
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965
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966 When this function completes ``eax'' will be initialized such that you can now either have data decrypted or
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967 encrypted in EAX mode. Note that if ``headerlen'' is zero you may pass ``header'' as \textbf{NULL} to indicate
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968 there is no initial header data.
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969
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970 To encrypt or decrypt data in a streaming mode use the following.
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971 \index{eax\_encrypt()} \index{eax\_decrypt()}
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972 \begin{verbatim}
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973 int eax_encrypt(eax_state *eax, const unsigned char *pt,
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974 unsigned char *ct, unsigned long length);
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975
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976 int eax_decrypt(eax_state *eax, const unsigned char *ct,
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977 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long length);
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978 \end{verbatim}
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979 The function ``eax\_encrypt'' will encrypt the bytes in ``pt'' of ``length'' bytes and store the ciphertext in
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980 ``ct''. Note that ``ct'' and ``pt'' may be the same region in memory. This function will also send the ciphertext
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981 through the OMAC function. The function ``eax\_decrypt'' decrypts ``ct'' and stores it in ``pt''. This also allows
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982 ``pt'' and ``ct'' to be the same region in memory.
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983
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984 You cannot both encrypt or decrypt with the same ``eax'' context. For bi-directional communication you
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985 will need to initialize two EAX contexts (preferably with different headers and nonces).
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986
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987 Note that both of these functions allow you to send the data in any granularity but the order is important. While
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988 the eax\_init() function allows you to add initial header data to the stream you can also add header data during the
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989 EAX stream with the following.
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990
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991 \index{eax\_addheader()}
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992 \begin{verbatim}
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993 int eax_addheader(eax_state *eax,
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994 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long length);
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995 \end{verbatim}
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996
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997 This will add the ``length'' bytes from ``header'' to the given ``eax'' stream. Once the message is finished the
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998 ``tag'' (checksum) may be computed with the following function.
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999
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1000 \index{eax\_done()}
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1001 \begin{verbatim}
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1002 int eax_done(eax_state *eax,
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1003 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen);
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1004 \end{verbatim}
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1005 This will terminate the EAX state ``eax'' and store upto ``taglen'' bytes of the message tag in ``tag''. The function
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1007
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1008 The EAX mode code can be tested to ensure it matches the test vectors by calling the following function.
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1009 \index{eax\_test()}
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1010 \begin{verbatim}
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1011 int eax_test(void);
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1012 \end{verbatim}
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1013 This requires that the AES (or Rijndael) block cipher be registered with the cipher\_descriptor table first.
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1014
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1015 \begin{verbatim}
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1016 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1017 int main(void)
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1018 {
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1019 int err;
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1020 eax_state eax;
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1021 unsigned char pt[64], ct[64], nonce[16], key[16], tag[16];
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1022 unsigned long taglen;
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1023
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1024 if (register_cipher(&rijndael_desc) == -1) {
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1025 printf("Error registering Rijndael");
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1026 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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1027 }
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1028
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1029 /* ... make up random nonce and key ... */
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1030
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1031 /* initialize context */
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1032 if ((err = eax_init( &eax, /* the context */
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1033 find_cipher("rijndael"), /* cipher we want to use */
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1034 nonce, /* our state nonce */
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1035 16, /* none is 16 bytes */
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1036 "TestApp", /* example header, identifies this program */
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1037 7) /* length of the header */
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1039 printf("Error eax_init: %s", error_to_string(err));
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1040 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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1041 }
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1042
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1043 /* now encrypt data, say in a loop or whatever */
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1044 if ((err = eax_encrypt( &eax, /* eax context */
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1045 pt, /* plaintext (source) */
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1046 ct, /* ciphertext (destination) */
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1047 sizeof(pt) /* size of plaintext */
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1049 printf("Error eax_encrypt: %s", error_to_string(err));
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1050 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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1051 }
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1052
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1053 /* finish message and get authentication tag */
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1054 taglen = sizeof(tag);
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1055 if ((err = eax_done( &eax, /* eax context */
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1056 tag, /* where to put tag */
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1057 &taglen /* length of tag space */
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1058 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1059 printf("Error eax_done: %s", error_to_string(err));
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1060 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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1061 }
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1062
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1063 /* now we have the authentication tag in "tag" and it's taglen bytes long */
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1064
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1065 }
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1066 \end{verbatim}
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1067
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1068 You can also perform an entire EAX state on a block of memory in a single function call with the
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1069 following functions.
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1070
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1071
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1072 \index{eax\_encrypt\_authenticate\_memory} \index{eax\_decrypt\_verify\_memory}
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1073 \begin{verbatim}
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1074 int eax_encrypt_authenticate_memory(int cipher,
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1075 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1076 const unsigned char *nonce, unsigned long noncelen,
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1077 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long headerlen,
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1078 const unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1079 unsigned char *ct,
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1080 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen);
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1081
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1082 int eax_decrypt_verify_memory(int cipher,
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1083 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1084 const unsigned char *nonce, unsigned long noncelen,
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1085 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long headerlen,
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1086 const unsigned char *ct, unsigned long ctlen,
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1087 unsigned char *pt,
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1088 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long taglen,
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1089 int *res);
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1090 \end{verbatim}
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1091
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1092 Both essentially just call eax\_init() followed by eax\_encrypt() (or eax\_decrypt() respectively) and eax\_done(). The parameters
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1093 have the same meaning as with those respective functions.
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1094
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1095 The only difference is eax\_decrypt\_verify\_memory() does not emit a tag. Instead you pass it a tag as input and it compares it against
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1096 the tag it computed while decrypting the message. If the tags match then it stores a $1$ in ``res'', otherwise it stores a $0$.
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1097
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1099 LibTomCrypt provides support for a mode called OCB\footnote{See
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1100 P. Rogaway, M. Bellare, J. Black, T. Krovetz, ``OCB: A Block Cipher Mode of Operation for Efficient Authenticated Encryption''.}
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1101 . OCB is an encryption protocol that simultaneously provides authentication. It is slightly faster to use than EAX mode
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1104 \index{ocb\_init()}
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1105 \begin{verbatim}
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1106 int ocb_init(ocb_state *ocb, int cipher,
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1107 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1108 const unsigned char *nonce);
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1109 \end{verbatim}
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1110
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1111 This will initialize the ``ocb'' context using cipher descriptor ``cipher''. It will use a ``key'' of length ``keylen''
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1112 and the random ``nonce''. Note that ``nonce'' must be a random (public) string the same length as the block ciphers
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1113 block size (e.g. 16 bytes for AES).
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1114
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1115 This mode has no ``Associated Data'' like EAX mode does which means you cannot authenticate metadata along with the stream.
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1116 To encrypt or decrypt data use the following.
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1117
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1118 \index{ocb\_encrypt()} \index{ocb\_decrypt()}
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1119 \begin{verbatim}
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1120 int ocb_encrypt(ocb_state *ocb, const unsigned char *pt, unsigned char *ct);
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1121 int ocb_decrypt(ocb_state *ocb, const unsigned char *ct, unsigned char *pt);
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1122 \end{verbatim}
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1123
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1124 This will encrypt (or decrypt for the latter) a fixed length of data from ``pt'' to ``ct'' (vice versa for the latter).
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1125 They assume that ``pt'' and ``ct'' are the same size as the block cipher's block size. Note that you cannot call
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1126 both functions given a single ``ocb'' state. For bi-directional communication you will have to initialize two ``ocb''
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1127 states (with different nonces). Also ``pt'' and ``ct'' may point to the same location in memory.
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1129 \subsubsection{State Termination}
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1130
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1131 When you are finished encrypting the message you call the following function to compute the tag.
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1132
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1133 \index{ocb\_done\_encrypt()}
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1134 \begin{verbatim}
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1135 int ocb_done_encrypt(ocb_state *ocb,
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1136 const unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1137 unsigned char *ct,
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1138 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen);
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1139 \end{verbatim}
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1140
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1141 This will terminate an encrypt stream ``ocb''. If you have trailing bytes of plaintext that will not complete a block
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1142 you can pass them here. This will also encrypt the ``ptlen'' bytes in ``pt'' and store them in ``ct''. It will also
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1143 store upto ``taglen'' bytes of the tag into ``tag''.
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1144
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1146 an input message equal to the length of the block size then you pass the data here (not to ocb\_encrypt()) only.
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1147
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1148 To terminate a decrypt stream and compared the tag you call the following.
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1149
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1150 \index{ocb\_done\_decrypt()}
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1151 \begin{verbatim}
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1152 int ocb_done_decrypt(ocb_state *ocb,
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1153 const unsigned char *ct, unsigned long ctlen,
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1154 unsigned char *pt,
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1155 const unsigned char *tag, unsigned long taglen,
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1156 int *res);
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1157 \end{verbatim}
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1158
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1159 Similarly to the previous function you can pass trailing message bytes into this function. This will compute the
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1160 tag of the message (internally) and then compare it against the ``taglen'' bytes of ``tag'' provided. By default
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1161 ``res'' is set to zero. If all ``taglen'' bytes of ``tag'' can be verified then ``res'' is set to one (authenticated
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1162 message).
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1166
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1167 \index{ocb\_encrypt\_authenticate\_memory()}
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1168 \begin{verbatim}
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1169 int ocb_encrypt_authenticate_memory(int cipher,
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1170 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1171 const unsigned char *nonce,
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1172 const unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1173 unsigned char *ct,
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1174 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen);
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1175 \end{verbatim}
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1176
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1177 This will OCB encrypt the message ``pt'' of length ``ptlen'' and store the ciphertext in ``ct''. The length ``ptlen''
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1179
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1180 \index{ocb\_decrypt\_verify\_memory()}
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1181 \begin{verbatim}
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1182 int ocb_decrypt_verify_memory(int cipher,
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1183 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1184 const unsigned char *nonce,
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1185 const unsigned char *ct, unsigned long ctlen,
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1186 unsigned char *pt,
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1188 int *res);
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1194 \subsection{CCM Mode}
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1195 CCM is a NIST proposal for Encrypt+Authenticate that is centered around using AES (or any 16--byte cipher) as a primitive. Unlike EAX and OCB mode
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1196 it is only meant for ``packet'' mode where the length of the input is known in advance. Since it is a packet mode function CCM only has one
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1197 function that performs the protocol.
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1198
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1199 \index{ccm\_memory()}
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1200 \begin{verbatim}
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1201 int ccm_memory(int cipher,
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1202 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1203 const unsigned char *nonce, unsigned long noncelen,
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1204 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long headerlen,
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1205 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1206 unsigned char *ct,
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1207 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen,
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1208 int direction);
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1209 \end{verbatim}
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1210
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1211 This performs the ``CCM'' operation on the data. The ``cipher'' variable indicates which cipher in the descriptor table to use. It must have a
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1212 16--byte block size for CCM. The key is ``key'' with a length of ``keylen'' octets. The nonce or salt is ``nonce'' of
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1213 length ``noncelen'' octets. The header is meta--data you want to send with the message but not have encrypted, it is stored in ``header''
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1214 of length ``headerlen'' octets. The header can be zero octets long (if $headerlen = 0$ then you can pass ``header'' as \textbf{NULL}).
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1215
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1216 The plaintext is stored in ``pt'' and the ciphertext in ``ct''. The length of both are expected to be equal and is passed in as ``ptlen''. It is
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1217 allowable that $pt = ct$. The ``direction'' variable indicates whether encryption (direction $=$ \textbf{CCM\_ENCRYPT}) or
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1218 decryption (direction $=$ \textbf{CCM\_DECRYPT}) is to be performed.
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1219
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1220 As implemented this copy of CCM cannot handle a header or plaintext longer than $2^{32} - 1$ octets long.
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1221
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1222 You can test the implementation of CCM with the following function.
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1223
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1224 \index{ccm\_test()}
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1225 \begin{verbatim}
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1226 int ccm_test(void);
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1227 \end{verbatim}
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1228
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1229 This will return \textbf{CRYPT\_OK} if the CCM routine passes known test vectors.
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1230
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1231 \subsection{GCM Mode}
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1232 Galois counter mode is an IEEE proposal for authenticated encryption. Like EAX and OCB it can be used in a streaming capacity however, unlike EAX it cannot
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1233 accept ``additional authentication data'' (meta--data) after plaintext has been processed. This mode also only works with block ciphers with a sixteen
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1234 byte block.
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1235
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1236 A GCM stream is meant to be processed in three modes each one sequential serial. First the initial vector (per session) data is processed. This should be
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1237 unique to every session. Next the the optional additional authentication data is processed and finally the plaintext.
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1238
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1239 \subsubsection{Initialization}
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1240 To initialize the GCM context with a secret key call the following function.
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1241
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1242 \index{gcm\_init()}
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1243 \begin{verbatim}
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1244 int gcm_init(gcm_state *gcm, int cipher,
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1245 const unsigned char *key, int keylen);
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1246 \end{verbatim}
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1247 This initializes the GCM state ``gcm'' for the given cipher indexed by ``cipher'' with a secret key ``key'' of length ``keylen'' octets. The cipher chosen
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1248 must have a 16--byte block size (e.g. AES).
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1249
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1250 \subsubsection{Initial Vector}
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1251 After the state has been initialized (or reset) the next step is to add the session (or packet) initial vector. It should be unique per packet encrypted.
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1252
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1253 \index{gcm\_add\_iv()}
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1254 \begin{verbatim}
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1255 int gcm_add_iv(gcm_state *gcm,
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1256 const unsigned char *IV, unsigned long IVlen);
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1257 \end{verbatim}
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1258
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1259 This adds the initial vector octets from ``IV'' of length ``IVlen'' to the GCM state ``gcm''. You can call this function as many times as required
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1260 to process the entire IV.
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1261
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1262 Note that the GCM protocols provides a ``shortcut'' for 12--byte IVs where no preprocessing is to be done. If you want to minimize per packet latency it's ideal
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1263 to only use 12--byte IVs. You can just increment it like a counter for each packet and the CTR [privacy] will be ensured.
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1264
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1265 \subsubsection{Additional Authentication Data}
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1266 After the entire IV has been processed the additional authentication data can be processed. Unlike the IV a packet/session does not require additional
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1267 authentication data (AAD) for security. The AAD is meant to be used as side--channel data you want to be authenticated with the packet. Note that once
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1268 you begin adding AAD to the GCM state you cannot return to adding IV data until the state is reset.
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1269
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1270 \index{gcm\_add\_aad()}
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1271 \begin{verbatim}
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1272 int gcm_add_aad(gcm_state *gcm,
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1273 const unsigned char *adata, unsigned long adatalen);
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1274 \end{verbatim}
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1275 This adds the additional authentication data ``adata'' of length ``adatalen'' to the GCM state ``gcm''.
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1276
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1277 \subsubsection{Plaintext Processing}
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1278 After the AAD has been processed the plaintext (or ciphertext depending on the direction) can be processed.
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1279
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1280 \index{gcm\_process()}
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1281 \begin{verbatim}
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1282 int gcm_process(gcm_state *gcm,
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1283 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1284 unsigned char *ct,
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1285 int direction);
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1286 \end{verbatim}
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1287 This processes message data where ``pt'' is the plaintext and ``ct'' is the ciphertext. The length of both are equal and stored in ``ptlen''. Depending on the
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1288 mode ``pt'' is the input and ``ct'' is the output (or vice versa). When ``direction'' equals \textbf{GCM\_ENCRYPT} the plaintext is read, encrypted and stored
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1289 in the ciphertext buffer. When ``direction'' equals \textbf{GCM\_DECRYPT} the opposite occurs.
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1290
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1291 \subsubsection{State Termination}
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1292 To terminate a GCM state and retrieve the message authentication tag call the following function.
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1293
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1294 \index{gcm\_done()}
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1295 \begin{verbatim}
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1296 int gcm_done(gcm_state *gcm,
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1297 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen);
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1298 \end{verbatim}
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1299 This terminates the GCM state ``gcm'' and stores the tag in ``tag'' of length ``taglen'' octets.
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1300
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1301 \subsubsection{State Reset}
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1302 The call to gcm\_init() will perform considerable pre--computation (when \textbf{GCM\_TABLES} is defined) and if you're going to be dealing with a lot of packets
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1303 it is very costly to have to call it repeatedly. To aid in this endeavour the reset function has been provided.
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1304
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1305 \index{gcm\_reset()}
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1306 \begin{verbatim}
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1307 int gcm_reset(gcm_state *gcm);
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1308 \end{verbatim}
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1309
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1310 This will reset the GCM state ``gcm'' to the state that gcm\_init() left it. The user would then call gcm\_add\_iv(), gcm\_add\_aad(), etc.
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1311
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1312 \subsubsection{One--Shot Packet}
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1313 To process a single packet under any given key the following helper function can be used.
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1314
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1315 \index{gcm\_memory()}
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1316 \begin{verbatim}
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1317 int gcm_memory( int cipher,
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1318 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1319 const unsigned char *IV, unsigned long IVlen,
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1320 const unsigned char *adata, unsigned long adatalen,
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1321 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1322 unsigned char *ct,
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1323 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen,
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1324 int direction);
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1325 \end{verbatim}
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1326
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1327 This will initialize the GCM state with the given key, IV and AAD value then proceed to encrypt or decrypt the message text and store the final
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1328 message tag. The definition of the variables is the same as it is for all the manual functions.
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1329
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1330 If you are processing many packets under the same key you shouldn't use this function as it invokes the pre--computation with each call.
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1331
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1332 \subsubsection{Example Usage}
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1333 The following is an example usage of how to use GCM over multiple packets with a shared secret key.
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1334
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1335 \begin{small}
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1336 \begin{verbatim}
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1337 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1338
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1339 int send_packet(const unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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1340 const unsigned char *iv, unsigned long ivlen,
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1341 const unsigned char *aad, unsigned long aadlen,
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1342 gcm_state *gcm)
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1343 {
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1344 int err;
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1345 unsigned long taglen;
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1346 unsigned char tag[16];
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1347
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1348 /* reset the state */
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1349 if ((err = gcm_reset(gcm)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1350 return err;
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1351 }
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1352
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1353 /* Add the IV */
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1354 if ((err = gcm_add_iv(gcm, iv, ivlen)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1355 return err;
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1356 }
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1357
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1358 /* Add the AAD (note: aad can be NULL if aadlen == 0) */
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1359 if ((err = gcm_add_aad(gcm, aad, aadlen)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1360 return err;
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1361 }
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1362
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1363 /* process the plaintext */
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1364 if ((err = gcm_process(gcm, pt, ptlen, pt, GCM_ENCRYPT)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1365 return err;
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1366 }
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1367
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1368 /* Finish up and get the MAC tag */
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1369 taglen = sizeof(tag);
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1370 if ((err = gcm_done(gcm, tag, &taglen)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1371 return err;
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1372 }
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1373
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1374 /* ... send a header describing the lengths ... */
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1375
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1376 /* depending on the protocol and how IV is generated you may have to send it too... */
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1377 send(socket, iv, ivlen, 0);
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1378
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1379 /* send the aad */
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1380 send(socket, aad, aadlen, 0);
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1381
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1382 /* send the ciphertext */
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1383 send(socket, pt, ptlen, 0);
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1384
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1385 /* send the tag */
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1386 send(socket, tag, taglen, 0);
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1387
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1388 return CRYPT_OK;
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1389 }
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1390
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1391 int main(void)
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1392 {
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1393 gcm_state gcm;
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1394 unsigned char key[16], IV[12], pt[PACKET_SIZE];
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1395 int err, x;
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1396 unsigned long ptlen;
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1397
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1398 /* somehow fill key/IV with random values */
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1399
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1400 /* register AES */
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1401 register_cipher(&aes_desc);
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1402
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1403 /* init the GCM state */
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1404 if ((err = gcm_init(&gcm, find_cipher("aes"), key, 16)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1405 whine_and_pout(err);
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1406 }
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1407
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1408 /* handle us some packets */
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1409 for (;;) {
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1410 ptlen = make_packet_we_want_to_send(pt);
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1411
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1412 /* use IV as counter (12 byte counter) */
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1413 for (x = 11; x >= 0; x--) {
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1414 if (++IV[x]) {
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1415 break;
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1416 }
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1417 }
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1418
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1419 if ((err = send_packet(pt, ptlen, iv, 12, NULL, 0, &gcm)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1420 whine_and_pout(err);
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1421 }
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1422 }
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1423 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
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1424 }
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1425 \end{verbatim}
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1426 \end{small}
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1427
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1428 \chapter{One-Way Cryptographic Hash Functions}
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1429 \section{Core Functions}
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1430
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1431 Like the ciphers there are hash core functions and a universal data type to hold the hash state called ``hash\_state''.
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1432 To initialize hash XXX (where XXX is the name) call:
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1433 \index{Hash Functions}
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1434 \begin{verbatim}
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1435 void XXX_init(hash_state *md);
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1436 \end{verbatim}
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1437
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1438 This simply sets up the hash to the default state governed by the specifications of the hash. To add data to the
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1439 message being hashed call:
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1440 \begin{verbatim}
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1441 int XXX_process(hash_state *md, const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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1442 \end{verbatim}
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1443
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1444 Essentially all hash messages are virtually infinitely\footnote{Most hashes are limited to $2^{64}$ bits or 2,305,843,009,213,693,952 bytes.} long message which
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1445 are buffered. The data can be passed in any sized chunks as long as the order of the bytes are the same the message digest
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1446 (hash output) will be the same. For example, this means that:
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1447 \begin{verbatim}
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1448 md5_process(&md, "hello ", 6);
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1449 md5_process(&md, "world", 5);
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1450 \end{verbatim}
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1451 Will produce the same message digest as the single call:
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1452 \index{Message Digest}
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1453 \begin{verbatim}
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1454 md5_process(&md, "hello world", 11);
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1455 \end{verbatim}
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1456
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1457 To finally get the message digest (the hash) call:
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1458 \begin{verbatim}
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1459 int XXX_done(hash_state *md,
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1460 unsigned char *out);
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1461 \end{verbatim}
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1462
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1463 This function will finish up the hash and store the result in the ``out'' array. You must ensure that ``out'' is long
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1464 enough for the hash in question. Often hashes are used to get keys for symmetric ciphers so the ``XXX\_done()'' functions
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1465 will wipe the ``md'' variable before returning automatically.
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1466
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1467 To test a hash function call:
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1468 \begin{verbatim}
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1469 int XXX_test(void);
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1470 \end{verbatim}
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1471
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1472 This will return {\bf CRYPTO\_OK} if the hash matches the test vectors, otherwise it returns an error code. An
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1473 example snippet that hashes a message with md5 is given below.
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1474 \begin{small}
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1475 \begin{verbatim}
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1476 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1477 int main(void)
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1478 {
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1479 hash_state md;
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1480 unsigned char *in = "hello world", out[16];
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1481
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1482 /* setup the hash */
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1483 md5_init(&md);
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1484
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1485 /* add the message */
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1486 md5_process(&md, in, strlen(in));
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1487
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1488 /* get the hash in out[0..15] */
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1489 md5_done(&md, out);
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1490
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1491 return 0;
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1492 }
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1493 \end{verbatim}
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1494 \end{small}
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1495
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1496 \section{Hash Descriptors}
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1497 Like the set of ciphers the set of hashes have descriptors too. They are stored in an array called ``hash\_descriptor'' and
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1498 are defined by:
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1499 \begin{verbatim}
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1500 struct _hash_descriptor {
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1501 char *name;
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1502 unsigned long hashsize; /* digest output size in bytes */
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1503 unsigned long blocksize; /* the block size the hash uses */
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1504 void (*init) (hash_state *hash);
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1505 int (*process)(hash_state *hash,
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1506 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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1507 int (*done) (hash_state *hash, unsigned char *out);
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1508 int (*test) (void);
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1509 };
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1510 \end{verbatim}
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1511
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1512 Similarly ``name'' is the name of the hash function in ASCII (all lowercase). ``hashsize'' is the size of the digest output
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1513 in bytes. The remaining fields are pointers to the functions that do the respective tasks. There is a function to
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1514 search the array as well called ``int find\_hash(char *name)''. It returns -1 if the hash is not found, otherwise the
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1515 position in the descriptor table of the hash.
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1516
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1517 You can use the table to indirectly call a hash function that is chosen at runtime. For example:
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1518 \begin{small}
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1519 \begin{verbatim}
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1520 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1521 int main(void)
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1522 {
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1523 unsigned char buffer[100], hash[MAXBLOCKSIZE];
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1524 int idx, x;
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1525 hash_state md;
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1526
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1527 /* register hashes .... */
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1528 if (register_hash(&md5_desc) == -1) {
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1529 printf("Error registering MD5.\n");
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1530 return -1;
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1531 }
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1532
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1533 /* register other hashes ... */
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1534
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1535 /* prompt for name and strip newline */
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1536 printf("Enter hash name: \n");
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1537 fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), stdin);
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1538 buffer[strlen(buffer) - 1] = 0;
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1539
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1540 /* get hash index */
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1541 idx = find_hash(buffer);
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1542 if (idx == -1) {
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1543 printf("Invalid hash name!\n");
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1544 return -1;
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1545 }
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1546
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1547 /* hash input until blank line */
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1548 hash_descriptor[idx].init(&md);
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1549 while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), stdin) != NULL)
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1550 hash_descriptor[idx].process(&md, buffer, strlen(buffer));
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1551 hash_descriptor[idx].done(&md, hash);
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1552
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1553 /* dump to screen */
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1554 for (x = 0; x < hash_descriptor[idx].hashsize; x++)
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1555 printf("%02x ", hash[x]);
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1556 printf("\n");
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1557 return 0;
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1558 }
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1559 \end{verbatim}
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1560 \end{small}
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1561
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1562 Note the usage of ``MAXBLOCKSIZE''. In Libtomcrypt no symmetric block, key or hash digest is larger than MAXBLOCKSIZE in
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1563 length. This provides a simple size you can set your automatic arrays to that will not get overrun.
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1564
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1565 There are three helper functions as well:
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1566 \index{hash\_memory()} \index{hash\_file()}
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1567 \begin{verbatim}
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1568 int hash_memory(int hash,
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1569 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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1570 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1571
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1572 int hash_file(int hash, const char *fname,
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1573 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1574
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1575 int hash_filehandle(int hash, FILE *in,
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1576 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1577 \end{verbatim}
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1578
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1579 The ``hash'' parameter is the location in the descriptor table of the hash (\textit{e.g. the return of find\_hash()}).
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1580 The ``*outlen'' variable is used to keep track of the output size. You must set it to the size of your output buffer before
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1581 calling the functions. When they complete succesfully they store the length of the message digest back in it. The functions
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1582 are otherwise straightforward. The ``hash\_filehandle'' function assumes that ``in'' is an file handle opened in binary mode.
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1583 It will hash to the end of file and not reset the file position when finished.
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1584
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1585 To perform the above hash with md5 the following code could be used:
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1586 \begin{small}
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1587 \begin{verbatim}
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1588 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1589 int main(void)
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1590 {
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1591 int idx, err;
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1592 unsigned long len;
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1593 unsigned char out[MAXBLOCKSIZE];
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1594
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1595 /* register the hash */
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1596 if (register_hash(&md5_desc) == -1) {
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1597 printf("Error registering MD5.\n");
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1598 return -1;
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1599 }
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1600
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1601 /* get the index of the hash */
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1602 idx = find_hash("md5");
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1603
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1604 /* call the hash */
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1605 len = sizeof(out);
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1606 if ((err = hash_memory(idx, "hello world", 11, out, &len)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1607 printf("Error hashing data: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1608 return -1;
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1609 }
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1610 return 0;
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1611 }
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1612 \end{verbatim}
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1613 \end{small}
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1614
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1615 The following hashes are provided as of this release:
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1616 \index{Hash descriptor table}
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1617 \begin{center}
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1618 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
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1619 \hline Name & Descriptor Name & Size of Message Digest (bytes) \\
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1620 \hline WHIRLPOOL & whirlpool\_desc & 64 \\
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1621 \hline SHA-512 & sha512\_desc & 64 \\
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1622 \hline SHA-384 & sha384\_desc & 48 \\
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1623 \hline SHA-256 & sha256\_desc & 32 \\
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1624 \hline SHA-224 & sha224\_desc & 28 \\
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1625 \hline TIGER-192 & tiger\_desc & 24 \\
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1626 \hline SHA-1 & sha1\_desc & 20 \\
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1627 \hline RIPEMD-160 & rmd160\_desc & 20 \\
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1628 \hline RIPEMD-128 & rmd128\_desc & 16 \\
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1629 \hline MD5 & md5\_desc & 16 \\
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1630 \hline MD4 & md4\_desc & 16 \\
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1631 \hline MD2 & md2\_desc & 16 \\
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1632 \hline
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1633 \end{tabular}
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1634 \end{center}
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1635
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1636 Similar to the cipher descriptor table you must register your hash algorithms before you can use them. These functions
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1637 work exactly like those of the cipher registration code. The functions are:
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1638 \index{register\_hash()} \index{unregister\_hash()}
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1639 \begin{verbatim}
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1640 int register_hash(const struct _hash_descriptor *hash);
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1641 int unregister_hash(const struct _hash_descriptor *hash);
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1642 \end{verbatim}
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1643
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1644 \section{Cipher Hash Construction}
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1645 \index{Cipher Hash Construction}
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1646 An addition to the suite of hash functions is the ``Cipher Hash Construction'' or ``CHC'' mode. In this mode
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1647 applicable block ciphers (such as AES) can be turned into hash functions that other LTC functions can use. In
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1648 particular this allows a cryptosystem to be designed using very few moving parts.
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1649
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1650 In order to use the CHC system the developer will have to take a few extra steps. First the ``chc\_desc'' hash
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1651 descriptor must be registered with register\_hash(). At this point the CHC hash cannot be used to hash
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1652 data. While it is in the hash system you still have to tell the CHC code which cipher to use. This is accomplished
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1653 via the chc\_register() function.
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1654
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1655 \index{chc\_register()}
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1656 \begin{verbatim}
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1657 int chc_register(int cipher);
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1658 \end{verbatim}
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1659
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1660 A cipher has to be registered with CHC (and also in the cipher descriptor tables with
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1661 register\_cipher()). The chc\_register() function will bind a cipher to the CHC system. Only one cipher can
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1662 be bound to the CHC hash at a time. There are additional requirements for the system to work.
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1663
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1664 \begin{enumerate}
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1665 \item The cipher must have a block size greater than 64--bits.
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1666 \item The cipher must allow an input key the size of the block size.
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1667 \end{enumerate}
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1668
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1669 Example of using CHC with the AES block cipher.
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1670
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1671 \begin{verbatim}
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1672 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1673 int main(void)
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1674 {
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1675 int err;
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1676
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1677 /* register cipher and hash */
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1678 if (register_cipher(&aes_enc_desc) == -1) {
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1679 printf("Could not register cipher\n");
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1680 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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1681 }
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1682 if (register_hash(&chc_desc) == -1) {
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1683 printf("Could not register hash\n");
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1684 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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1685 }
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1686
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1687 /* start chc with AES */
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1688 if ((err = chc_register(find_cipher("aes"))) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1689 printf("Error binding AES to CHC: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1690 }
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1691
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1692 /* now you can use chc_hash in any LTC function [aside from pkcs...] */
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1693 /* ... */
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1694 \end{verbatim}
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1695
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1696
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1697 \section{Notice}
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1698 It is highly recommended that you \textbf{not} use the MD4 or MD5 hashes for the purposes of digital signatures or authentication codes.
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1699 These hashes are provided for completeness and they still can be used for the purposes of password hashing or one-way accumulators
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1700 (e.g. Yarrow).
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1701
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1702 The other hashes such as the SHA-1, SHA-2 (that includes SHA-512, SHA-384 and SHA-256) and TIGER-192 are still considered secure
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1703 for all purposes you would normally use a hash for.
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1704
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1705 \chapter{Message Authentication Codes}
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1706 \section{HMAC Protocol}
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1707 Thanks to Dobes Vandermeer the library now includes support for hash based message authenication codes or HMAC for short. An HMAC
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1708 of a message is a keyed authenication code that only the owner of a private symmetric key will be able to verify. The purpose is
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1709 to allow an owner of a private symmetric key to produce an HMAC on a message then later verify if it is correct. Any impostor or
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1710 eavesdropper will not be able to verify the authenticity of a message.
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1711
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1712 The HMAC support works much like the normal hash functions except that the initialization routine requires you to pass a key
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1713 and its length. The key is much like a key you would pass to a cipher. That is, it is simply an array of octets stored in
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1714 chars. The initialization routine is:
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1715 \index{hmac\_init()}
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1716 \begin{verbatim}
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1717 int hmac_init(hmac_state *hmac, int hash,
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1718 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen);
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1719 \end{verbatim}
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1720 The ``hmac'' parameter is the state for the HMAC code. ``hash'' is the index into the descriptor table of the hash you want
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1721 to use to authenticate the message. ``key'' is the pointer to the array of chars that make up the key. ``keylen'' is the
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1722 length (in octets) of the key you want to use to authenticate the message. To send octets of a message through the HMAC system you must use the following function:
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1723 \index{hmac\_process()}
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1724 \begin{verbatim}
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1725 int hmac_process(hmac_state *hmac,
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1726 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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1727 \end{verbatim}
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1728 ``hmac'' is the HMAC state you are working with. ``buf'' is the array of octets to send into the HMAC process. ``len'' is the
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1729 number of octets to process. Like the hash process routines you can send the data in arbitrarly sized chunks. When you
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1730 are finished with the HMAC process you must call the following function to get the HMAC code:
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1731 \index{hmac\_done()}
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1732 \begin{verbatim}
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1733 int hmac_done(hmac_state *hmac,
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1734 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1735 \end{verbatim}
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1736 ``hmac'' is the HMAC state you are working with. ``out'' is the array of octets where the HMAC code should be stored. You must
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1737 set ``outlen'' to the size of the destination buffer before calling this function. It is updated with the length of the HMAC code
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1738 produced (depending on which hash was picked). If ``outlen'' is less than the size of the message digest (and ultimately
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1739 the HMAC code) then the HMAC code is truncated as per FIPS-198 specifications (e.g. take the first ``outlen'' bytes).
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1740
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1741 There are two utility functions provided to make using HMACs easier todo. They accept the key and information about the
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1742 message (file pointer, address in memory) and produce the HMAC result in one shot. These are useful if you want to avoid
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1743 calling the three step process yourself.
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1744
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1745 \index{hmac\_memory()}
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1746 \begin{verbatim}
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1747 int hmac_memory(int hash,
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1748 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1749 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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1750 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1751 \end{verbatim}
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1752 This will produce an HMAC code for the array of octets in ``in'' of length ``inlen''. The index into the hash descriptor
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1753 table must be provided in ``hash''. It uses the key from ``key'' with a key length of ``keylen''.
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1754 The result is stored in the array of octets ``out'' and the length in ``outlen''. The value of ``outlen'' must be set
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1755 to the size of the destination buffer before calling this function. Similarly for files there is the following function:
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1756 \index{hmac\_file()}
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1757 \begin{verbatim}
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1758 int hmac_file(int hash, const char *fname,
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1759 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1760 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1761 \end{verbatim}
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1762 ``hash'' is the index into the hash descriptor table of the hash you want to use. ``fname'' is the filename to process.
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1763 ``key'' is the array of octets to use as the key of length ``keylen''. ``out'' is the array of octets where the
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1764 result should be stored.
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1765
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1766 To test if the HMAC code is working there is the following function:
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1767 \index{hmac\_test()}
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1768 \begin{verbatim}
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1769 int hmac_test(void);
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1770 \end{verbatim}
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1771 Which returns {\bf CRYPT\_OK} if the code passes otherwise it returns an error code. Some example code for using the
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1772 HMAC system is given below.
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1773
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1774 \begin{small}
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1775 \begin{verbatim}
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1776 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1777 int main(void)
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1778 {
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1779 int idx, err;
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1780 hmac_state hmac;
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1781 unsigned char key[16], dst[MAXBLOCKSIZE];
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1782 unsigned long dstlen;
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1783
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1784 /* register SHA-1 */
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1785 if (register_hash(&sha1_desc) == -1) {
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1786 printf("Error registering SHA1\n");
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1787 return -1;
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1788 }
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1789
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1790 /* get index of SHA1 in hash descriptor table */
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1791 idx = find_hash("sha1");
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1792
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1793 /* we would make up our symmetric key in "key[]" here */
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1794
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1795 /* start the HMAC */
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1796 if ((err = hmac_init(&hmac, idx, key, 16)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1797 printf("Error setting up hmac: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1798 return -1;
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1799 }
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1800
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1801 /* process a few octets */
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1802 if((err = hmac_process(&hmac, "hello", 5) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1803 printf("Error processing hmac: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1804 return -1;
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1805 }
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1806
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1807 /* get result (presumably to use it somehow...) */
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1808 dstlen = sizeof(dst);
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1809 if ((err = hmac_done(&hmac, dst, &dstlen)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1810 printf("Error finishing hmac: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1811 return -1;
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1812 }
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1813 printf("The hmac is %lu bytes long\n", dstlen);
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1814
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1815 /* return */
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1816 return 0;
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1817 }
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1818 \end{verbatim}
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1819 \end{small}
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1820
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1821 \section{OMAC Support}
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1822 OMAC\footnote{\url{http://crypt.cis.ibaraki.ac.jp/omac/omac.html}}, which stands for \textit{One-Key CBC MAC} is an
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1823 algorithm which produces a Message Authentication Code (MAC) using only a block cipher such as AES. From an API
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1824 standpoint the OMAC routines work much like the HMAC routines do. Instead in this case a cipher is used instead of a hash.
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1825
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1826 To start an OMAC state you call
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1827 \index{omac\_init()}
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1828 \begin{verbatim}
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1829 int omac_init(omac_state *omac, int cipher,
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1830 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen);
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1831 \end{verbatim}
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1832 The ``omac'' variable is the state for the OMAC algorithm. ``cipher'' is the index into the cipher\_descriptor table
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1833 of the cipher\footnote{The cipher must have a 64 or 128 bit block size. Such as CAST5, Blowfish, DES, AES, Twofish, etc.} you
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1834 wish to use. ``key'' and ``keylen'' are the keys used to authenticate the data.
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1835
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1836 To send data through the algorithm call
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1837 \index{omac\_process()}
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1838 \begin{verbatim}
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1839 int omac_process(omac_state *state,
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1840 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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1841 \end{verbatim}
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1842 This will send ``inlen'' bytes from ``in'' through the active OMAC state ``state''. Returns \textbf{CRYPT\_OK} if the
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1843 function succeeds. The function is not sensitive to the granularity of the data. For example,
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1844
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1845 \begin{verbatim}
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1846 omac_process(&mystate, "hello", 5);
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1847 omac_process(&mystate, " world", 6);
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1848 \end{verbatim}
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1849
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1850 Would produce the same result as,
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1851
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1852 \begin{verbatim}
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1853 omac_process(&mystate, "hello world", 11);
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1854 \end{verbatim}
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1855
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1856 When you are done processing the message you can call the following to compute the message tag.
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1857
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1858 \index{omac\_done()}
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1859 \begin{verbatim}
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1860 int omac_done(omac_state *state,
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1861 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1862 \end{verbatim}
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1863 Which will terminate the OMAC and output the \textit{tag} (MAC) to ``out''. Note that unlike the HMAC and other code
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1864 ``outlen'' can be smaller than the default MAC size (for instance AES would make a 16-byte tag). Part of the OMAC
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1866 the output MAC code will only be five bytes long. If ``outlen'' is larger than the default size it is set to the default
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1867 size to show how many bytes were actually used.
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1868
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1869 Similar to the HMAC code the file and memory functions are also provided. To OMAC a buffer of memory in one shot use the
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1870 following function.
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1871
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1872 \index{omac\_memory()}
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1873 \begin{verbatim}
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1874 int omac_memory(int cipher,
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1875 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1876 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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1877 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1878 \end{verbatim}
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1879 This will compute the OMAC of ``inlen'' bytes of ``in'' using the key ``key'' of length ``keylen'' bytes and the cipher
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1880 specified by the ``cipher'''th entry in the cipher\_descriptor table. It will store the MAC in ``out'' with the same
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1881 rules as omac\_done.
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1882
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1883 To OMAC a file use
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1884 \index{omac\_file()}
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1885 \begin{verbatim}
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1886 int omac_file(int cipher,
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1887 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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1888 const char *filename,
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1889 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1890 \end{verbatim}
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1891
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1892 Which will OMAC the entire contents of the file specified by ``filename'' using the key ``key'' of length ``keylen'' bytes
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1893 and the cipher specified by the ``cipher'''th entry in the cipher\_descriptor table. It will store the MAC in ``out'' with
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1894 the same rules as omac\_done.
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1895
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1896 To test if the OMAC code is working there is the following function:
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1897 \index{omac\_test()}
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1898 \begin{verbatim}
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1899 int omac_test(void);
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1900 \end{verbatim}
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1901 Which returns {\bf CRYPT\_OK} if the code passes otherwise it returns an error code. Some example code for using the
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1902 OMAC system is given below.
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1903
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1904 \begin{small}
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1905 \begin{verbatim}
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1906 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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1907 int main(void)
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1908 {
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1909 int idx, err;
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1910 omac_state omac;
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1911 unsigned char key[16], dst[MAXBLOCKSIZE];
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1912 unsigned long dstlen;
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1913
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1914 /* register Rijndael */
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1915 if (register_cipher(&rijndael_desc) == -1) {
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1916 printf("Error registering Rijndael\n");
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1917 return -1;
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1920 /* get index of Rijndael in cipher descriptor table */
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1921 idx = find_cipher("rijndael");
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1923 /* we would make up our symmetric key in "key[]" here */
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1925 /* start the OMAC */
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1926 if ((err = omac_init(&omac, idx, key, 16)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1928 return -1;
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1929 }
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1930
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1931 /* process a few octets */
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1932 if((err = omac_process(&omac, "hello", 5) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1933 printf("Error processing omac: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1934 return -1;
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1935 }
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1936
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1937 /* get result (presumably to use it somehow...) */
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1938 dstlen = sizeof(dst);
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1939 if ((err = omac_done(&omac, dst, &dstlen)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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1940 printf("Error finishing omac: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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1941 return -1;
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1943 printf("The omac is %lu bytes long\n", dstlen);
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1945 /* return */
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1946 return 0;
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1947 }
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1948 \end{verbatim}
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1949 \end{small}
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1950
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1951 \section{PMAC Support}
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1952 The PMAC\footnote{J.Black, P.Rogaway, ``A Block--Cipher Mode of Operation for Parallelizable Message Authentication''}
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1954 API as the provided OMAC code.
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1955
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1958 \index{pmac\_init()}
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1959 \begin{verbatim}
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1960 int pmac_init(pmac_state *pmac, int cipher,
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1961 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen);
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1962 \end{verbatim}
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1963 Which initializes the ``pmac'' state with the given ``cipher'' and ``key'' of length ``keylen'' bytes. The chosen cipher
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1965
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1966 To MAC data simply send it through the process function.
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1968 \index{pmac\_process()}
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1969 \begin{verbatim}
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1971 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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1973 This will process ``inlen'' bytes of ``in'' in the given ``state''. The function is not sensitive to the granularity of the
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1975
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1976 \begin{verbatim}
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1977 pmac_process(&mystate, "hello", 5);
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1978 pmac_process(&mystate, " world", 6);
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1979 \end{verbatim}
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1980
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1981 Would produce the same result as,
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1982
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1983 \begin{verbatim}
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1984 pmac_process(&mystate, "hello world", 11);
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1985 \end{verbatim}
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1986
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1987 When a complete message has been processed the following function can be called to compute the message tag.
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1988
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1989 \index{pmac\_done()}
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1990 \begin{verbatim}
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1991 int pmac_done(pmac_state *state,
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1992 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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1993 \end{verbatim}
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1994 This will store upto ``outlen'' bytes of the tag for the given ``state'' into ``out''. Note that if ``outlen'' is larger
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1995 than the size of the tag it is set to the amount of bytes stored in ``out''.
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1996
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1997 Similar to the PMAC code the file and memory functions are also provided. To PMAC a buffer of memory in one shot use the
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1998 following function.
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2000 \index{pmac\_memory()}
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2002 int pmac_memory(int cipher,
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2003 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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2004 const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2005 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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2007 This will compute the PMAC of ``msglen'' bytes of ``msg'' using the key ``key'' of length ``keylen'' bytes and the cipher
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2008 specified by the ``cipher'''th entry in the cipher\_descriptor table. It will store the MAC in ``out'' with the same
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2009 rules as omac\_done.
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2010
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2011 To PMAC a file use
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2012 \index{pmac\_file()}
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2013 \begin{verbatim}
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2014 int pmac_file(int cipher,
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2015 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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2016 const char *filename,
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2017 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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2018 \end{verbatim}
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2019
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2020 Which will PMAC the entire contents of the file specified by ``filename'' using the key ``key'' of length ``keylen'' bytes
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2021 and the cipher specified by the ``cipher'''th entry in the cipher\_descriptor table. It will store the MAC in ``out'' with
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2022 the same rules as omac\_done.
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2023
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2024 To test if the PMAC code is working there is the following function:
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2025 \index{pmac\_test()}
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2026 \begin{verbatim}
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2027 int pmac_test(void);
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2028 \end{verbatim}
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2029 Which returns {\bf CRYPT\_OK} if the code passes otherwise it returns an error code.
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2031 \section{Pelican MAC}
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2032 Pelican MAC is a new (experimental) MAC by the AES team that uses four rounds of AES as a ``mixing function''. It achieves a very high
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2033 rate of processing and is potentially very secure. It requires AES to be enabled to function. You do not have to register\_cipher() AES first though
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2034 as it calls AES directly.
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2035
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2036 \index{pelican\_init()}
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2037 \begin{verbatim}
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2038 int pelican_init(pelican_state *pelmac, const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen);
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2039 \end{verbatim}
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2040 This will initialize the Pelican state with the given AES key. Once this has been done you can begin processing data.
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2041
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2042 \index{pelican\_process()}
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2043 \begin{verbatim}
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2044 int pelican_process(pelican_state *pelmac, const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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2045 \end{verbatim}
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2046 This will process ``inlen'' bytes of ``in'' through the Pelican MAC. It's best that you pass in multiples of 16 bytes as it makes the
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2047 routine more efficient but you may pass in any length of text. You can call this function as many times as required to process
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2048 an entire message.
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2049
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2050 \index{pelican\_done()}
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2051 \begin{verbatim}
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2052 int pelican_done(pelican_state *pelmac, unsigned char *out);
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2053 \end{verbatim}
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2054 This terminates a Pelican MAC and writes the 16--octet tag to ``out''.
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2055
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2056 \subsection{Example}
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2057
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2058 \begin{verbatim}
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2059 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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2060 int main(void)
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2061 {
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2062 pelican_state pelstate;
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2063 unsigned char key[32], tag[16];
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2064 int err;
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2065
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2066 /* somehow initialize a key */
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2067
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2068 /* initialize pelican mac */
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2069 if ((err = pelican_init(&pelstate, /* the state */
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2070 key, /* user key */
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2071 32 /* key length in octets */
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2072 )) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2073 printf("Error initializing Pelican: %s", error_to_string(err));
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2074 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2075 }
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2076
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2077 /* MAC some data */
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2078 if ((err = pelican_process(&pelstate, /* the state */
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2079 "hello world", /* data to mac */
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2080 11 /* length of data */
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2081 )) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2082 printf("Error processing Pelican: %s", error_to_string(err));
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2083 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2084 }
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2085
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2086 /* Terminate the MAC */
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2087 if ((err = pelican_done(&pelstate, /* the state */
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2088 tag /* where to store the tag */
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2089 )) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2090 printf("Error terminating Pelican: %s", error_to_string(err));
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2091 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2092 }
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2093
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2094 /* tag[0..15] has the MAC output now */
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2095
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2096 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
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2097 }
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2098 \end{verbatim}
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2102 \section{Core Functions}
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2103 The library provides an array of core functions for Pseudo-Random Number Generators (PRNGs) as well. A cryptographic PRNG is
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2105 key generation. There is a universal structure called ``prng\_state''. To initialize a PRNG call:
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2106 \index{PRNG start}
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2107 \begin{verbatim}
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2108 int XXX_start(prng_state *prng);
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2109 \end{verbatim}
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2111 This will setup the PRNG for future use and not seed it. In order for the PRNG to be cryptographically useful you must give it
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2112 entropy. Ideally you'd have some OS level source to tap like in UNIX. To add entropy to the PRNG call:
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2113 \index{PRNG add\_entropy}
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2114 \begin{verbatim}
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2115 int XXX_add_entropy(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2116 prng_state *prng);
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2117 \end{verbatim}
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2118
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2119 Which returns {\bf CRYPTO\_OK} if the entropy was accepted. Once you think you have enough entropy you call another
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2120 function to put the entropy into action.
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2121 \index{PRNG ready}
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2122 \begin{verbatim}
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2123 int XXX_ready(prng_state *prng);
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2124 \end{verbatim}
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2125
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2126 Which returns {\bf CRYPTO\_OK} if it is ready. Finally to actually read bytes call:
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2127 \index{PRNG read}
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2128 \begin{verbatim}
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2129 unsigned long XXX_read(unsigned char *out, unsigned long outlen,
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2130 prng_state *prng);
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2131 \end{verbatim}
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2132
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2133 Which returns the number of bytes read from the PRNG. When you are finished with a PRNG state you call
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2134 the following.
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2135
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2136 \index{PRNG done}
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2137 \begin{verbatim}
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2138 void XXX_done(prng_state *prng);
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2139 \end{verbatim}
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2140
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2141 This will terminate a PRNG state and free any memory (if any) allocated. To export a PRNG state
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2142 so that you can later resume the PRNG call the following.
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2143
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2144 \index{PRNG export}
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2145 \begin{verbatim}
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2146 int XXX_export(unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2147 prng_state *prng);
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2148 \end{verbatim}
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2149
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2150 This will write a ``PRNG state'' to the buffer ``out'' of length ``outlen'' bytes. The idea of
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2151 the export is meant to be used as a ``seed file''. That is, when the program starts up there will not likely
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2152 be that much entropy available. To import a state to seed a PRNG call the following function.
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2153
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2154 \index{PRNG import}
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2155 \begin{verbatim}
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2156 int XXX_import(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2157 prng_state *prng);
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2158 \end{verbatim}
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2159
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2160 This will call the start and add\_entropy functions of the given PRNG. It will use the state in
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2161 ``in'' of length ``inlen'' as the initial seed. You must pass the same seed length as was exported
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2162 by the corresponding export function.
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2163
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2164 Note that importing a state will not ``resume'' the PRNG from where it left off. That is, if you export
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2165 a state, emit (say) 8 bytes and then import the previously exported state the next 8 bytes will not
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2166 specifically equal the 8 bytes you generated previously.
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2167
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2168 When a program is first executed the normal course of operation is
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2169
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2170 \begin{enumerate}
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2171 \item Gather entropy from your sources for a given period of time or number of events.
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2172 \item Start, use your entropy via add\_entropy and ready the PRNG yourself.
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2173 \end{enumerate}
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2174
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2175 When your program is finished you simply call the export function and save the state to a medium (disk,
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2176 flash memory, etc). The next time your application starts up you can detect the state, feed it to the
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2177 import function and go on your way. It is ideal that (as soon as possible) after startup you export a
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2178 fresh state. This helps in the case that the program aborts or the machine is powered down without
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2179 being given a chance to exit properly.
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2180
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2181 Note that even if you have a state to import it is important to add new entropy to the state. However,
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2182 there is less pressure to do so.
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2183
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2184 To test a PRNG for operational conformity call the following functions.
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2185
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2186 \index{PRNG test}
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2187 \begin{verbatim}
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2188 int XXX_test(void);
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2189 \end{verbatim}
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2190
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2191 This will return \textbf{CRYPT\_OK} if PRNG is operating properly.
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2193 \subsection{Remarks}
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2194
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2195 It is possible to be adding entropy and reading from a PRNG at the same time. For example, if you first seed the PRNG
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2196 and call ready() you can now read from it. You can also keep adding new entropy to it. The new entropy will not be used
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2197 in the PRNG until ready() is called again. This allows the PRNG to be used and re-seeded at the same time. No real error
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2198 checking is guaranteed to see if the entropy is sufficient or if the PRNG is even in a ready state before reading.
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2200 \subsection{Example}
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2202 Below is a simple snippet to read 10 bytes from yarrow. Its important to note that this snippet is
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2203 {\bf NOT} secure since the entropy added is not random.
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2206 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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2207 int main(void)
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2208 {
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2209 prng_state prng;
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2210 unsigned char buf[10];
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2211 int err;
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2212
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2213 /* start it */
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2214 if ((err = yarrow_start(&prng)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2215 printf("Start error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2216 }
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2217 /* add entropy */
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2218 if ((err = yarrow_add_entropy("hello world", 11, &prng)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2219 printf("Add_entropy error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2220 }
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2221 /* ready and read */
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2222 if ((err = yarrow_ready(&prng)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2223 printf("Ready error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2224 }
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2225 printf("Read %lu bytes from yarrow\n", yarrow_read(buf, 10, &prng));
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2226 return 0;
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2227 }
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2228 \end{verbatim}
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2229
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2230 \section{PRNG Descriptors}
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2231 \index{PRNG Descriptor}
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2232 PRNGs have descriptors too (surprised?). Stored in the structure ``prng\_descriptor''. The format of an element is:
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2233 \begin{verbatim}
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2234 struct _prng_descriptor {
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2235 char *name;
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2236 int export_size; /* size in bytes of exported state */
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2237 int (*start) (prng_state *);
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2238 int (*add_entropy)(const unsigned char *, unsigned long, prng_state *);
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2239 int (*ready) (prng_state *);
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2240 unsigned long (*read)(unsigned char *, unsigned long len, prng_state *);
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2241 void (*done)(prng_state *);
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2242 int (*export)(unsigned char *, unsigned long *, prng_state *);
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2243 int (*import)(const unsigned char *, unsigned long, prng_state *);
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2244 int (*test)(void);
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2245 };
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2246 \end{verbatim}
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2247
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2248 There is a ``int find\_prng(char *name)'' function as well. Returns -1 if the PRNG is not found, otherwise it returns
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2249 the position in the prng\_descriptor array.
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2250
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2251 Just like the ciphers and hashes you must register your prng before you can use it. The two functions provided work
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2252 exactly as those for the cipher registry functions. They are:
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2253 \begin{verbatim}
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2254 int register_prng(const struct _prng_descriptor *prng);
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2255 int unregister_prng(const struct _prng_descriptor *prng);
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2256 \end{verbatim}
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2257
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2258 \subsection{PRNGs Provided}
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2259 \begin{figure}[here]
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2260 \begin{center}
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2261 \begin{small}
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2262 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|l|}
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2263 \hline \textbf{Name} & \textbf{Descriptor} & \textbf{Usage} \\
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2264 \hline Yarrow & yarrow\_desc & Fast short-term PRNG \\
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2265 \hline Fortuna & fortuna\_desc & Fast long-term PRNG (recommended) \\
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2266 \hline RC4 & rc4\_desc & Stream Cipher \\
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2267 \hline SOBER-128 & sober128\_desc & Stream Cipher (also very fast PRNG) \\
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2268 \hline
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2269 \end{tabular}
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2270 \end{small}
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2271 \end{center}
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2272 \caption{List of Provided PRNGs}
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2273 \end{figure}
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2274
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2275 \subsubsection{Yarrow}
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2276 Yarrow is fast PRNG meant to collect an unspecified amount of entropy from sources
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2277 (keyboard, mouse, interrupts, etc) and produce an unbounded string of random bytes.
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2278
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2279 \textit{Note:} This PRNG is still secure for most taskings but is no longer recommended. Users
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2280 should use Fortuna instead.
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2281
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2282 \subsubsection{Fortuna}
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2283
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2284 Fortuna is a fast attack tolerant and more thoroughly designed PRNG suitable for long term
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2285 usage. It is faster than the default implementation of Yarrow\footnote{Yarrow has been implemented
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2286 to work with most cipher and hash combos based on which you have chosen to build into the library.} while
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2287 providing more security.
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2288
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2289 Fortuna is slightly less flexible than Yarrow in the sense that it only works with the AES block cipher
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2290 and SHA--256 hash function. Technically Fortuna will work with any block cipher that accepts a 256--bit
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2291 key and any hash that produces at least a 256--bit output. However, to make the implementation simpler
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2292 it has been fixed to those choices.
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2293
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2294 Fortuna is more secure than Yarrow in the sense that attackers who learn parts of the entropy being
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2295 added to the PRNG learn far less about the state than that of Yarrow. Without getting into to many
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2296 details Fortuna has the ability to recover from state determination attacks where the attacker starts
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2297 to learn information from the PRNGs output about the internal state. Yarrow on the other hand cannot
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2298 recover from that problem until new entropy is added to the pool and put to use through the ready() function.
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2299
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2300 \subsubsection{RC4}
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2301
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2302 RC4 is an old stream cipher that can also double duty as a PRNG in a pinch. You ``key'' it by
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2303 calling add\_entropy() and setup the key by calling ready(). You can only add upto 256 bytes via
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2304 add\_entropy().
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2305
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2306 When you read from RC4 the output of the RC4 algorithm is XOR'd against your buffer you provide. In this
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2307 manner you can use rc4\_read() as an encrypt (and decrypt) function.
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2308
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2309 You really shouldn't use RC4 anymore. This isn't because RC4 is weak (though biases are known to exist) just
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2310 simply that faster alternatives exist.
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2311
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2312 \subsubsection{SOBER-128}
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2313
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2314 SOBER-128 is a stream cipher designed by the QUALCOMM Australia team. Like RC4 you ``key'' it by
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2315 calling add\_entropy(). There is no need to call ready() for this PRNG as it does not do anything.
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2316
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2317 Note that this cipher has several oddities about how it operates. The first time you call
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2318 add\_entropy() that sets the cipher's key. Every other time you call the same function it sets
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2319 the cipher's IV variable. The IV mechanism allows you to encrypt several messages with the same
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2320 key and not re--use the same key material.
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2321
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2322 Unlike Yarrow and Fortuna all of the entropy (and hence security) of this algorithm rests in the data
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2323 you pass it on the first call to add\_entropy(). All buffers sent to add\_entropy() must have a length
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2324 that is a multiple of four bytes.
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2325
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2326 Like RC4 the output of SOBER--128 is XOR'ed against the buffer you provide it. In this manner you can use
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2327 sober128\_read() as an encrypt (and decrypt) function.
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2328
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2329 Since SOBER-128 has a fixed keying scheme and is very fast (faster than RC4) the ideal usage of SOBER-128 is to
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2330 key it from the output of Fortuna (or Yarrow) and use it to encrypt messages. It is also ideal for
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2331 simulations which need a high quality (and fast) stream of bytes.
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2332
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2333 \subsubsection{Example Usage}
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2334 \begin{small}
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2335 \begin{verbatim}
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2336 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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2337 int main(void)
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2338 {
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2339 prng_state prng;
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2340 unsigned char buf[32];
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2341 int err;
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2342
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2343 if ((err = rc4_start(&prng)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2344 printf("RC4 init error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2345 exit(-1);
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2346 }
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2347
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2348 /* use ``key'' as the key */
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2349 if ((err = rc4_add_entropy("key", 3, &prng)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2350 printf("RC4 add entropy error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2351 exit(-1);
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2352 }
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2353
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2354 /* setup RC4 for use */
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2355 if ((err = rc4_ready(&prng)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2356 printf("RC4 ready error: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2357 exit(-1);
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2358 }
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2359
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2360 /* encrypt buffer */
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2361 strcpy(buf,"hello world");
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2362 if (rc4_read(buf, 11, &prng) != 11) {
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2363 printf("RC4 read error\n");
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2364 exit(-1);
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2365 }
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2366 return 0;
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2367 }
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2368 \end{verbatim}
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2369 \end{small}
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2370 To decrypt you have to do the exact same steps.
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2371
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2372 \section{The Secure RNG}
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2373 \index{Secure RNG}
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2374 An RNG is related to a PRNG except that it doesn't expand a smaller seed to get the data. They generate their random bits
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2375 by performing some computation on fresh input bits. Possibly the hardest thing to get correctly in a cryptosystem is the
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2376 PRNG. Computers are deterministic beasts that try hard not to stray from pre-determined paths. That makes gathering
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2377 entropy needed to seed the PRNG a hard task.
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2378
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2379 There is one small function that may help on certain platforms:
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2380 \index{rng\_get\_bytes()}
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2381 \begin{verbatim}
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2382 unsigned long rng_get_bytes(unsigned char *buf, unsigned long len,
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2383 void (*callback)(void));
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2384 \end{verbatim}
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2385
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2386 Which will try one of three methods of getting random data. The first is to open the popular ``/dev/random'' device which
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2387 on most *NIX platforms provides cryptographic random bits\footnote{This device is available in Windows through the Cygwin compiler suite. It emulates ``/dev/random'' via the Microsoft CSP.}.
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2388 The second method is to try the Microsoft Cryptographic Service Provider and read the RNG. The third method is an ANSI C
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2389 clock drift method that is also somewhat popular but gives bits of lower entropy. The ``callback'' parameter is a pointer to a function that returns void. Its used when the slower ANSI C RNG must be
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2390 used so the calling application can still work. This is useful since the ANSI C RNG has a throughput of three
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2391 bytes a second. The callback pointer may be set to {\bf NULL} to avoid using it if you don't want to. The function
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2392 returns the number of bytes actually read from any RNG source. There is a function to help setup a PRNG as well:
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2393 \index{rng\_make\_prng()}
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2394 \begin{verbatim}
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2395 int rng_make_prng(int bits, int wprng, prng_state *prng,
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2396 void (*callback)(void));
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2397 \end{verbatim}
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2398 This will try to setup the prng with a state of at least ``bits'' of entropy. The ``callback'' parameter works much like
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2399 the callback in ``rng\_get\_bytes()''. It is highly recommended that you use this function to setup your PRNGs unless you have a
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2400 platform where the RNG doesn't work well. Example usage of this function is given below.
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2401
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2402 \begin{small}
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2403 \begin{verbatim}
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2404 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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2405 int main(void)
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2406 {
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2407 ecc_key mykey;
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2408 prng_state prng;
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2409 int err;
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2410
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2411 /* register yarrow */
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2412 if (register_prng(&yarrow_desc) == -1) {
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2413 printf("Error registering Yarrow\n");
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2414 return -1;
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2415 }
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2416
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2417 /* setup the PRNG */
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2418 if ((err = rng_make_prng(128, find_prng("yarrow"), &prng, NULL)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2419 printf("Error setting up PRNG, %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2420 return -1;
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2421 }
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2422
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2423 /* make a 192-bit ECC key */
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2424 if ((err = ecc_make_key(&prng, find_prng("yarrow"), 24, &mykey)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2425 printf("Error making key: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2426 return -1;
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2427 }
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2428 return 0;
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2429 }
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2430 \end{verbatim}
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2431 \end{small}
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2432
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2433 \subsection{The Secure PRNG Interface}
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2434 It is possible to access the secure RNG through the PRNG interface and in turn use it within dependent functions such
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2435 as the PK API. This simplifies the cryptosystem on platforms where the secure RNG is fast. The secure PRNG never
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2436 requires to be started, that is you need not call the start, add\_entropy or ready functions. For example, consider
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2437 the previous example using this PRNG.
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2438
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2439 \begin{small}
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2440 \begin{verbatim}
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2441 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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2442 int main(void)
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2443 {
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2444 ecc_key mykey;
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2445 int err;
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2446
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2447 /* register SPRNG */
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2448 if (register_prng(&sprng_desc) == -1) {
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2449 printf("Error registering SPRNG\n");
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2450 return -1;
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2451 }
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2452
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2453 /* make a 192-bit ECC key */
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2454 if ((err = ecc_make_key(NULL, find_prng("sprng"), 24, &mykey)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2455 printf("Error making key: %s\n", error_to_string(err));
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2456 return -1;
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2457 }
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2458 return 0;
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2459 }
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2460 \end{verbatim}
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2461 \end{small}
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2462
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2463
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2464
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2465 \chapter{RSA Public Key Cryptography}
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2466
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2467 \section{Introduction}
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2468 RSA wrote the PKCS \#1 specifications which detail RSA Public Key Cryptography. In the specifications are
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2469 padding algorithms for encryption and signatures. The standard includes the ``v2.1'' algorithms.
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2470 To simplify matters a little the v2.1 encryption and signature padding algorithms are called OAEP and PSS
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2471 respectively.
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2472
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2473 \section{PKCS \#1 Encryption}
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2474
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2475 PKCS \#1 RSA Encryption amounts to OAEP padding of the input message followed by the modular exponentiation. As far as this portion of
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2476 the library is concerned we are only dealing with th OAEP padding of the message.
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2477
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2478 \subsection{OAEP Encoding}
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2479
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2480 \index{pkcs\_1\_oaep\_encode()}
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2481 \begin{alltt}
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2482 int pkcs_1_oaep_encode(const unsigned char *msg, unsigned long msglen,
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2483 const unsigned char *lparam, unsigned long lparamlen,
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2484 unsigned long modulus_bitlen, prng_state *prng,
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2485 int prng_idx, int hash_idx,
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2486 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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2487 \end{alltt}
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2488
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2489 This accepts ``msg'' as input of length ``msglen'' which will be OAEP padded. The ``lparam'' variable is an additional system specific
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2490 tag that can be applied to the encoding. This is useful to identify which system encoded the message. If no variance is desired then
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2491 ``lparam'' can be set to \textbf{NULL}.
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2492
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2493 OAEP encoding requires the length of the modulus in bits in order to calculate the size of the output. This is passed as the parameter
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2494 ``modulus\_bitlen''. ``hash\_idx'' is the index into the hash descriptor table of the hash desired. PKCS \#1 allows any hash to be
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2495 used but both the encoder and decoder must use the same hash in order for this to succeed. The size of hash output affects the maximum
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2496 sized input message. ``prng\_idx'' and ``prng'' are the random number generator arguments required to randomize the padding process.
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2497 The padded message is stored in ``out'' along with the length in ``outlen''.
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2498
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2499 If $h$ is the length of the hash and $m$ the length of the modulus (both in octets) then the maximum payload for ``msg'' is
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2500 $m - 2h - 2$. For example, with a $1024$--bit RSA key and SHA--1 as the hash the maximum payload is $86$ bytes.
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2501
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2502 Note that when the message is padded it still has not been RSA encrypted. You must pass the output of this function to
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2503 rsa\_exptmod() to encrypt it.
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2504
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2505 \subsection{OAEP Decoding}
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2506
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2507 \index{pkcs\_1\_oaep\_decode()}
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2508 \begin{alltt}
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2509 int pkcs_1_oaep_decode(const unsigned char *msg, unsigned long msglen,
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2510 const unsigned char *lparam, unsigned long lparamlen,
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2511 unsigned long modulus_bitlen, int hash_idx,
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2512 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2513 int *res);
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2514 \end{alltt}
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2515
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2516 This function decodes an OAEP encoded message and outputs the original message that was passed to the OAEP encoder. ``msg'' is the
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2517 output of pkcs\_1\_oaep\_encode() of length ``msglen''. ``lparam'' is the same system variable passed to the OAEP encoder. If it does not
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2518 match what was used during encoding this function will not decode the packet. ``modulus\_bitlen'' is the size of the RSA modulus in bits
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2519 and must match what was used during encoding. Similarly the ``hash\_idx'' index into the hash descriptor table must match what was used
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2520 during encoding.
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2522 If the function succeeds it decodes the OAEP encoded message into ``out'' of length ``outlen'' and stores a
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2523 $1$ in ``res''. If the packet is invalid it stores $0$ in ``res'' and if the function fails for another reason
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2524 it returns an error code.
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2525
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2527
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2528 \subsection{PSS Encoding}
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2529 PSS encoding is the second half of the PKCS \#1 standard which is padding to be applied to messages that are signed.
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2530
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2531 \index{pkcs\_1\_pss\_encode()}
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2532 \begin{alltt}
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2533 int pkcs_1_pss_encode(const unsigned char *msghash, unsigned long msghashlen,
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2534 unsigned long saltlen, prng_state *prng,
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2535 int prng_idx, int hash_idx,
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2536 unsigned long modulus_bitlen,
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2537 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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2538 \end{alltt}
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2539
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2540 This function assumes the message to be PSS encoded has previously been hashed. The input hash ``msghash'' is of length
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2541 ``msghashlen''. PSS allows a variable length random salt (it can be zero length) to be introduced in the signature process.
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2542 ``hash\_idx'' is the index into the hash descriptor table of the hash to use. ``prng\_idx'' and ``prng'' are the random
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2543 number generator information required for the salt.
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2544
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2545 Similar to OAEP encoding ``modulus\_bitlen'' is the size of the RSA modulus (in bits). It limits the size of the salt. If $m$ is the length
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2546 of the modulus $h$ the length of the hash output (in octets) then there can be $m - h - 2$ bytes of salt.
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2547
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2548 This function does not actually sign the data it merely pads the hash of a message so that it can be processed by rsa\_exptmod().
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2550 \subsection{PSS Decoding}
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2551
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2552 To decode a PSS encoded signature block you have to use the following.
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2554 \index{pkcs\_1\_pss\_decode()}
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2555 \begin{alltt}
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2556 int pkcs_1_pss_decode(const unsigned char *msghash, unsigned long msghashlen,
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2557 const unsigned char *sig, unsigned long siglen,
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2558 unsigned long saltlen, int hash_idx,
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2559 unsigned long modulus_bitlen, int *res);
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2560 \end{alltt}
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2561 This will decode the PSS encoded message in ``sig'' of length ``siglen'' and compare it to values in ``msghash'' of length
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2562 ``msghashlen''. If the block is a valid PSS block and the decoded hash equals the hash supplied ``res'' is set to non--zero. Otherwise,
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2563 it is set to zero. The rest of the parameters are as in the PSS encode call.
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2564
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2565 It's important to use the same ``saltlen'' and hash for both encoding and decoding as otherwise the procedure will not work.
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2567 \section{RSA Operations}
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2568 \subsection{Background}
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2569
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2570 RSA is a public key algorithm that is based on the inability to find the ``e-th'' root modulo a composite of unknown
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2571 factorization. Normally the difficulty of breaking RSA is associated with the integer factoring problem but they are
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2572 not strictly equivalent.
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2573
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2574 The system begins with with two primes $p$ and $q$ and their product $N = pq$. The order or ``Euler totient'' of the
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2575 multiplicative sub-group formed modulo $N$ is given as $\phi(N) = (p - 1)(q - 1)$ which can be reduced to
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2576 $\mbox{lcm}(p - 1, q - 1)$. The public key consists of the composite $N$ and some integer $e$ such that
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2577 $\mbox{gcd}(e, \phi(N)) = 1$. The private key consists of the composite $N$ and the inverse of $e$ modulo $\phi(N)$
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2578 often simply denoted as $de \equiv 1\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }\phi(N))$.
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2579
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2580 A person who wants to encrypt with your public key simply forms an integer (the plaintext) $M$ such that
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2581 $1 < M < N-2$ and computes the ciphertext $C = M^e\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }N)$. Since finding the inverse exponent $d$
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2582 given only $N$ and $e$ appears to be intractable only the owner of the private key can decrypt the ciphertext and compute
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2583 $C^d \equiv \left (M^e \right)^d \equiv M^1 \equiv M\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }N)$. Similarly the owner of the private key
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2584 can sign a message by ``decrypting'' it. Others can verify it by ``encrypting'' it.
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2585
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2586 Currently RSA is a difficult system to cryptanalyze provided that both primes are large and not close to each other.
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2587 Ideally $e$ should be larger than $100$ to prevent direct analysis. For example, if $e$ is three and you do not pad
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2588 the plaintext to be encrypted than it is possible that $M^3 < N$ in which case finding the cube-root would be trivial.
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2589 The most often suggested value for $e$ is $65537$ since it is large enough to make such attacks impossible and also well
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2590 designed for fast exponentiation (requires 16 squarings and one multiplication).
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2591
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2592 It is important to pad the input to RSA since it has particular mathematical structure. For instance
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2593 $M_1^dM_2^d = (M_1M_2)^d$ which can be used to forge a signature. Suppose $M_3 = M_1M_2$ is a message you want
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2594 to have a forged signature for. Simply get the signatures for $M_1$ and $M_2$ on their own and multiply the result
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2595 together. Similar tricks can be used to deduce plaintexts from ciphertexts. It is important not only to sign
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2596 the hash of documents only but also to pad the inputs with data to remove such structure.
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2597
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2598 \subsection{RSA Key Generation}
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2599
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2600 For RSA routines a single ``rsa\_key'' structure is used. To make a new RSA key call:
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2601 \index{rsa\_make\_key()}
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2602 \begin{verbatim}
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2603 int rsa_make_key(prng_state *prng,
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2604 int wprng, int size,
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2605 long e, rsa_key *key);
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2606 \end{verbatim}
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2607
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2608 Where ``wprng'' is the index into the PRNG descriptor array. ``size'' is the size in bytes of the RSA modulus desired.
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2609 ``e'' is the encryption exponent desired, typical values are 3, 17, 257 and 65537. I suggest you stick with 65537 since its big
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2610 enough to prevent trivial math attacks and not super slow. ``key'' is where the key is placed. All keys must be at
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2611 least 128 bytes and no more than 512 bytes in size (\textit{that is from 1024 to 4096 bits}).
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2612
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2613 Note that the ``rsa\_make\_key()'' function allocates memory at runtime when you make the key. Make sure to call
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2614 ``rsa\_free()'' (see below) when you are finished with the key. If ``rsa\_make\_key()'' fails it will automatically
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2615 free the ram allocated itself.
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2616
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2617 \index{PK\_PRIVATE} \index{PK\_PUBLIC}
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2618 There are two types of RSA keys. The types are {\bf PK\_PRIVATE} and {\bf PK\_PUBLIC}. The first type is a private
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2619 RSA key which includes the CRT parameters\footnote{As of v0.99 the PK\_PRIVATE\_OPTIMIZED type has been deprecated
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2620 and has been replaced by the PK\_PRIVATE type.} in the form of a RSAPrivateKey. The second type is a public RSA key
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2621 which only includes the modulus and public exponent. It takes the form of a RSAPublicKey.
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2623 \subsection{RSA Exponentiation}
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2624
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2625 To do raw work with the RSA function call:
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2626 \index{rsa\_exptmod()}
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2627 \begin{verbatim}
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2628 int rsa_exptmod(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2629 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2630 int which, prng_state *prng, int prng_idx,
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2631 rsa_key *key);
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2632 \end{verbatim}
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2633 This loads the bignum from ``in'' as a big endian word in the format PKCS specifies, raises it to either ``e'' or ``d'' and stores the result
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2634 in ``out'' and the size of the result in ``outlen''. ``which'' is set to {\bf PK\_PUBLIC} to use ``e''
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2635 (i.e. for encryption/verifying) and set to {\bf PK\_PRIVATE} to use ``d'' as the exponent (i.e. for decrypting/signing).
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2636
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2637 Note that the output of his function is zero-padded as per PKCS \#1 specifications. This allows this routine to
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2638 interoprate with PKCS \#1 padding functions properly.
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2639
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2640 \subsection{RSA Key Encryption}
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2641 Normally RSA is used to encrypt short symmetric keys which are then used in block ciphers to encrypt a message.
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2642 To facilitate encrypting short keys the following functions have been provided.
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2643
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2644 \index{rsa\_encrypt\_key()}
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2645 \begin{verbatim}
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2646 int rsa_encrypt_key(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2647 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2648 const unsigned char *lparam, unsigned long lparamlen,
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2649 prng_state *prng, int prng_idx, int hash_idx, rsa_key *key);
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2650 \end{verbatim}
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2651 This function will OAEP pad ``in'' of length inlen bytes then RSA encrypt it and store the ciphertext
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2652 in ``out'' of length ``outlen''. The ``lparam'' and ``lparamlen'' are the same parameters you would pass
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2653 to pkcs\_1\_oaep\_encode().
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2654
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2655 \index{rsa\_decrypt\_key()}
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2656 \begin{verbatim}
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2657 int rsa_decrypt_key(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2658 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2659 const unsigned char *lparam, unsigned long lparamlen,
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2660 int hash_idx, int *stat,
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2661 rsa_key *key);
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2662 \end{verbatim}
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2663 This function will RSA decrypt ``in'' of length ``inlen'' then OAEP depad the resulting data and store it in
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2664 ``out'' of length ``outlen''. The ``lparam'' and ``lparamlen'' are the same parameters you would pass
15
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2665 to pkcs\_1\_oaep\_decode().
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2666
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2667 If the RSA decrypted data isn't a valid OAEP packet then ``stat'' is set to $0$. Otherwise, it is set to $1$.
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2668
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2669 \subsection{RSA Hash Signatures}
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2670 Similar to RSA key encryption RSA is also used to ``digitally sign'' message digests (hashes). To facilitate this
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2671 process the following functions have been provided.
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2672
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2673 \index{rsa\_sign\_hash()}
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2674 \begin{verbatim}
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2675 int rsa_sign_hash(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2676 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2677 prng_state *prng, int prng_idx,
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2678 int hash_idx, unsigned long saltlen,
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2679 rsa_key *key);
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2680 \end{verbatim}
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2681
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2682 This will PSS encode the message hash ``in'' of length ``inlen''. Next the PSS encoded message will be RSA ``signed'' and
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2683 the output is stored in ``out'' of length ``outlen''.
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2684
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2685
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2686 \index{rsa\_verify\_hash()}
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2687 \begin{verbatim}
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2688 int rsa_verify_hash(const unsigned char *sig, unsigned long siglen,
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2689 const unsigned char *msghash, unsigned long msghashlen,
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2690 int hash_idx, unsigned long saltlen,
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2691 int *stat, rsa_key *key);
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2692 \end{verbatim}
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2693
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2694 This will RSA ``verify'' the signature in ``sig'' of length ``siglen''. Next the RSA decoded data is PSS decoded
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2695 and the extracted hash is compared against the message hash ``msghash'' of length ``msghashlen''.
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2696
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2697 If the RSA decoded data is not a valid PSS message or if the PSS decoded hash does not match the ``msghash''
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2698 the value ``res'' is set to $0$. Otherwise, if the function succeeds and signature is valid ``res'' is set
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2699 to $1$.
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2700
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2701 \begin{verbatim}
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2702 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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2703 int main(void)
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2704 {
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2705 int err, hash_idx, prng_idx, res;
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2706 unsigned long l1, l2;
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2707 unsigned char pt[16], pt2[16], out[1024];
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2708 rsa_key key;
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2709
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2710 /* register prng/hash */
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2711 if (register_prng(&sprng_desc) == -1) {
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2712 printf("Error registering sprng");
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2713 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2714 }
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2715
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2716 if (register_hash(&sha1_desc) == -1) {
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2717 printf("Error registering sha1");
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2718 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2719 }
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2720 hash_idx = find_hash("sha1");
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2721 prng_idx = find_prng("sprng");
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2722
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2723 /* make an RSA-1024 key */
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2724 if ((err = rsa_make_key(NULL, /* PRNG state */
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2725 prng_idx, /* PRNG idx */
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2726 1024/8, /* 1024-bit key */
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2727 65537, /* we like e=65537 */
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2728 &key) /* where to store the key */
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2729 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2730 printf("rsa_make_key %s", error_to_string(err));
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2731 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2732 }
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2733
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2734 /* fill in pt[] with a key we want to send ... */
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2735 l1 = sizeof(out);
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2736 if ((err = rsa_encrypt_key(pt, /* data we wish to encrypt */
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2737 16, /* data is 16 bytes long */
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2738 out, /* where to store ciphertext */
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2739 &l1, /* length of ciphertext */
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2740 "TestApp", /* our lparam for this program */
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2741 7, /* lparam is 7 bytes long */
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2742 NULL, /* PRNG state */
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2743 prng_idx, /* prng idx */
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2744 hash_idx, /* hash idx */
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2745 &key) /* our RSA key */
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2746 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2747 printf("rsa_encrypt_key %s", error_to_string(err));
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2748 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2749 }
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2750
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2751 /* now let's decrypt the encrypted key */
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2752 l2 = sizeof(pt2);
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2753 if ((err = rsa_decrypt_key(out, /* encrypted data */
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2754 l1, /* length of ciphertext */
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2755 pt2, /* where to put plaintext */
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2756 &l2, /* plaintext length */
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2757 "TestApp", /* lparam for this program */
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2758 7, /* lparam is 7 bytes long */
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2759 hash_idx, /* hash idx */
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2760 &res, /* validity of data */
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2761 &key) /* our RSA key */
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2762 ) != CRYPT_OK) {
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2763 printf("rsa_decrypt_key %s", error_to_string(err));
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2764 return EXIT_FAILURE;
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2765 }
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2766 /* if all went well pt == pt2, l2 == 16, res == 1 */
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2767 }
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2768 \end{verbatim}
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2769
3
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2770
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2771 \chapter{Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange}
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2772
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2773 \section{Background}
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2774
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2775 Diffie-Hellman was the original public key system proposed. The system is based upon the group structure
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2776 of finite fields. For Diffie-Hellman a prime $p$ is chosen and a ``base'' $b$ such that $b^x\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }p)$
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2777 generates a large sub-group of prime order (for unique values of $x$).
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2778
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2779 A secret key is an exponent $x$ and a public key is the value of $y \equiv g^x\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }p)$. The term
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2780 ``discrete logarithm'' denotes the action of finding $x$ given only $y$, $g$ and $p$. The key exchange part of
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2781 Diffie-Hellman arises from the fact that two users A and B with keys $(A_x, A_y)$ and $(B_x, B_y)$ can exchange
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2782 a shared key $K \equiv B_y^{A_x} \equiv A_y^{B_x} \equiv g^{A_xB_x}\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }p)$.
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2783
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2784 From this public encryption and signatures can be developed. The trivial way to encrypt (for example) using a public key
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2785 $y$ is to perform the key exchange offline. The sender invents a key $k$ and its public copy
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2786 $k' \equiv g^k\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }p)$ and uses $K \equiv k'^{A_x}\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }p)$ as a key to encrypt
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2787 the message with. Typically $K$ would be sent to a one-way hash and the message digested used as a key in a
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2788 symmetric cipher.
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2789
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2790 It is important that the order of the sub-group that $g$ generates not only be large but also prime. There are
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2791 discrete logarithm algorithms that take $\sqrt r$ time given the order $r$. The discrete logarithm can be computed
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2792 modulo each prime factor of $r$ and the results combined using the Chinese Remainder Theorem. In the cases where
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2793 $r$ is ``B-Smooth'' (e.g. all small factors or powers of small prime factors) the solution is trivial to find.
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2794
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2795 To thwart such attacks the primes and bases in the library have been designed and fixed. Given a prime $p$ the order of
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2796 the sub-group generated is a large prime namely ${p - 1} \over 2$. Such primes are known as ``strong primes'' and the
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2797 smaller prime (e.g. the order of the base) are known as Sophie-Germaine primes.
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2798
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2799 \section{Core Functions}
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2800
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2801 This library also provides core Diffie-Hellman functions so you can negotiate keys over insecure mediums. The routines
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2802 provided are relatively easy to use and only take two function calls to negotiate a shared key. There is a structure
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2803 called ``dh\_key'' which stores the Diffie-Hellman key in a format these routines can use. The first routine is to
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diff changeset
2804 make a Diffie-Hellman private key pair:
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diff changeset
2805 \index{dh\_make\_key()}
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2806 \begin{verbatim}
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2807 int dh_make_key(prng_state *prng, int wprng,
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diff changeset
2808 int keysize, dh_key *key);
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diff changeset
2809 \end{verbatim}
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2810 The ``keysize'' is the size of the modulus you want in bytes. Currently support sizes are 96 to 512 bytes which correspond
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2811 to key sizes of 768 to 4096 bits. The smaller the key the faster it is to use however it will be less secure. When
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2812 specifying a size not explicitly supported by the library it will round {\em up} to the next key size. If the size is
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2813 above 512 it will return an error. So if you pass ``keysize == 32'' it will use a 768 bit key but if you pass
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2814 ``keysize == 20000'' it will return an error. The primes and generators used are built-into the library and were designed
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diff changeset
2815 to meet very specific goals. The primes are strong primes which means that if $p$ is the prime then
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diff changeset
2816 $p-1$ is equal to $2r$ where $r$ is a large prime. The bases are chosen to generate a group of order $r$ to prevent
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diff changeset
2817 leaking a bit of the key. This means the bases generate a very large prime order group which is good to make cryptanalysis
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diff changeset
2818 hard.
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diff changeset
2819
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diff changeset
2820 The next two routines are for exporting/importing Diffie-Hellman keys in a binary format. This is useful for transport
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diff changeset
2821 over communication mediums.
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diff changeset
2822
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2823 \index{dh\_export()} \index{dh\_import()}
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diff changeset
2824 \begin{verbatim}
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diff changeset
2825 int dh_export(unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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parents:
diff changeset
2826 int type, dh_key *key);
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parents:
diff changeset
2827
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diff changeset
2828 int dh_import(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen, dh_key *key);
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diff changeset
2829 \end{verbatim}
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2830
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diff changeset
2831 These two functions work just like the ``rsa\_export()'' and ``rsa\_import()'' functions except these work with
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diff changeset
2832 Diffie-Hellman keys. Its important to note you do not have to free the ram for a ``dh\_key'' if an import fails. You can free a
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parents:
diff changeset
2833 ``dh\_key'' using:
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parents:
diff changeset
2834 \begin{verbatim}
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diff changeset
2835 void dh_free(dh_key *key);
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diff changeset
2836 \end{verbatim}
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diff changeset
2837 After you have exported a copy of your public key (using {\bf PK\_PUBLIC} as ``type'') you can now create a shared secret
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diff changeset
2838 with the other user using:
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diff changeset
2839 \index{dh\_shared\_secret()}
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parents:
diff changeset
2840 \begin{verbatim}
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diff changeset
2841 int dh_shared_secret(dh_key *private_key,
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parents:
diff changeset
2842 dh_key *public_key,
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parents:
diff changeset
2843 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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parents:
diff changeset
2844 \end{verbatim}
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diff changeset
2845
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diff changeset
2846 Where ``private\_key'' is the key you made and ``public\_key'' is the copy of the public key the other user sent you. The result goes
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parents:
diff changeset
2847 into ``out'' and the length into ``outlen''. If all went correctly the data in ``out'' should be identical for both parties. It is important to
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parents:
diff changeset
2848 note that the two keys have to be the same size in order for this to work. There is a function to get the size of a
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2849 key:
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2850 \index{dh\_get\_size()}
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2851 \begin{verbatim}
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2852 int dh_get_size(dh_key *key);
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2853 \end{verbatim}
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2854 This returns the size in bytes of the modulus chosen for that key.
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parents:
diff changeset
2855
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parents:
diff changeset
2856 \subsection{Remarks on Usage}
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parents:
diff changeset
2857 Its important that you hash the shared key before trying to use it as a key for a symmetric cipher or something. An
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2858 example program that communicates over sockets, using MD5 and 1024-bit DH keys is\footnote{This function is a small example. It is suggested that proper packaging be used. For example, if the public key sent is truncated these routines will not detect that.}:
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parents:
diff changeset
2859 \newpage
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2860 \begin{small}
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parents:
diff changeset
2861 \begin{verbatim}
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parents:
diff changeset
2862 int establish_secure_socket(int sock, int mode, unsigned char *key,
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parents:
diff changeset
2863 prng_state *prng, int wprng)
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parents:
diff changeset
2864 {
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parents:
diff changeset
2865 unsigned char buf[4096], buf2[4096];
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parents:
diff changeset
2866 unsigned long x, len;
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parents:
diff changeset
2867 int res, err, inlen;
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parents:
diff changeset
2868 dh_key mykey, theirkey;
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parents:
diff changeset
2869
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parents:
diff changeset
2870 /* make up our private key */
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parents:
diff changeset
2871 if ((err = dh_make_key(prng, wprng, 128, &mykey)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2872 return err;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2873 }
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2874
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2875 /* export our key as public */
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2876 x = sizeof(buf);
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2877 if ((err = dh_export(buf, &x, PK_PUBLIC, &mykey)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2878 res = err;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2879 goto done2;
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parents:
diff changeset
2880 }
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2881
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2882 if (mode == 0) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2883 /* mode 0 so we send first */
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parents:
diff changeset
2884 if (send(sock, buf, x, 0) != x) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2885 res = CRYPT_ERROR;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2886 goto done2;
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parents:
diff changeset
2887 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2888
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parents:
diff changeset
2889 /* get their key */
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2890 if ((inlen = recv(sock, buf2, sizeof(buf2), 0)) <= 0) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2891 res = CRYPT_ERROR;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2892 goto done2;
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parents:
diff changeset
2893 }
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2894 } else {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2895 /* mode >0 so we send second */
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2896 if ((inlen = recv(sock, buf2, sizeof(buf2), 0)) <= 0) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2897 res = CRYPT_ERROR;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2898 goto done2;
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parents:
diff changeset
2899 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2900
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parents:
diff changeset
2901 if (send(sock, buf, x, 0) != x) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2902 res = CRYPT_ERROR;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2903 goto done2;
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parents:
diff changeset
2904 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2905 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2906
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parents:
diff changeset
2907 if ((err = dh_import(buf2, inlen, &theirkey)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2908 res = err;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2909 goto done2;
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parents:
diff changeset
2910 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2911
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parents:
diff changeset
2912 /* make shared secret */
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parents:
diff changeset
2913 x = sizeof(buf);
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parents:
diff changeset
2914 if ((err = dh_shared_secret(&mykey, &theirkey, buf, &x)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2915 res = err;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2916 goto done;
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diff changeset
2917 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2918
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parents:
diff changeset
2919 /* hash it */
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parents:
diff changeset
2920 len = 16; /* default is MD5 so "key" must be at least 16 bytes long */
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2921 if ((err = hash_memory(find_hash("md5"), buf, x, key, &len)) != CRYPT_OK) {
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2922 res = err;
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2923 goto done;
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parents:
diff changeset
2924 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2925
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2926 /* clean up and return */
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parents:
diff changeset
2927 res = CRYPT_OK;
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parents:
diff changeset
2928 done:
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parents:
diff changeset
2929 dh_free(&theirkey);
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parents:
diff changeset
2930 done2:
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parents:
diff changeset
2931 dh_free(&mykey);
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2932 zeromem(buf, sizeof(buf));
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2933 zeromem(buf2, sizeof(buf2));
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2934 return res;
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parents:
diff changeset
2935 }
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parents:
diff changeset
2936 \end{verbatim}
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parents:
diff changeset
2937 \end{small}
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parents:
diff changeset
2938 \newpage
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parents:
diff changeset
2939 \subsection{Remarks on The Snippet}
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parents:
diff changeset
2940 When the above code snippet is done (assuming all went well) their will be a shared 128-bit key in the ``key'' array
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parents:
diff changeset
2941 passed to ``establish\_secure\_socket()''.
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parents:
diff changeset
2942
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parents:
diff changeset
2943 \section{Other Diffie-Hellman Functions}
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diff changeset
2944 In order to test the Diffie-Hellman function internal workings (e.g. the primes and bases) their is a test function made
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parents:
diff changeset
2945 available:
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parents:
diff changeset
2946 \index{dh\_test()}
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parents:
diff changeset
2947 \begin{verbatim}
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parents:
diff changeset
2948 int dh_test(void);
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parents:
diff changeset
2949 \end{verbatim}
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parents:
diff changeset
2950
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parents:
diff changeset
2951 This function returns {\bf CRYPT\_OK} if the bases and primes in the library are correct. There is one last helper
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2952 function:
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2953 \index{dh\_sizes()}
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parents:
diff changeset
2954 \begin{verbatim}
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2955 void dh_sizes(int *low, int *high);
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Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
parents:
diff changeset
2956 \end{verbatim}
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parents:
diff changeset
2957 Which stores the smallest and largest key sizes support into the two variables.
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parents:
diff changeset
2958
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parents:
diff changeset
2959 \section{DH Packet}
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2960 Similar to the RSA related functions there are functions to encrypt or decrypt symmetric keys using the DH public key
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2962 \index{dh\_encrypt\_key()} \index{dh\_decrypt\_key()}
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2964 int dh_encrypt_key(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2965 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *len,
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2966 prng_state *prng, int wprng, int hash,
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2967 dh_key *key);
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2968
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2969 int dh_decrypt_key(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2970 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2971 dh_key *key);
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2972 \end{verbatim}
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2973 Where ``in'' is an input symmetric key of no more than 32 bytes. Essentially these routines created a random public key
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2974 and find the hash of the shared secret. The message digest is than XOR'ed against the symmetric key. All of the
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2975 required data is placed in ``out'' by ``dh\_encrypt\_key()''. The hash must produce a message digest at least as large
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2977
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2978 Similar to the RSA system you can sign and verify a hash of a message.
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2979 \index{dh\_sign\_hash()} \index{dh\_verify\_hash()}
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2980 \begin{verbatim}
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2981 int dh_sign_hash(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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2982 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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2983 prng_state *prng, int wprng, dh_key *key);
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2984
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2985 int dh_verify_hash(const unsigned char *sig, unsigned long siglen,
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2986 const unsigned char *hash, unsigned long hashlen,
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2987 int *stat, dh_key *key);
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2988 \end{verbatim}
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2989
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2990 The ``dh\_sign\_hash'' function signs the message hash in ``in'' of length ``inlen'' and forms a DH packet in ``out''.
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2991 The ``dh\_verify\_hash'' function verifies the DH signature in ``sig'' against the hash in ``hash''. It sets ``stat''
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2992 to non-zero if the signature passes or zero if it fails.
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2993
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2995
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2996 \section{Background}
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2997 The library provides a set of core ECC functions as well that are designed to be the Elliptic Curve analogy of all of the
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2998 Diffie-Hellman routines in the previous chapter. Elliptic curves (of certain forms) have the benefit that they are harder
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2999 to attack (no sub-exponential attacks exist unlike normal DH crypto) in fact the fastest attack requires the square root
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3002
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3003 The curves in this library are taken from the following website:
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3004 \begin{verbatim}
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3005 http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/dss.htm
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3007
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3008 They are all curves over the integers modulo a prime. The curves have the basic equation that is:
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3009 \begin{equation}
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3010 y^2 = x^3 - 3x + b\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }p)
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3012
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3013 The variable $b$ is chosen such that the number of points is nearly maximal. In fact the order of the base points $\beta$
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3014 provided are very close to $p$ that is $\vert \vert \phi(\beta) \vert \vert \approx \vert \vert p \vert \vert$. The curves
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3015 range in order from $\approx 2^{192}$ points to $\approx 2^{521}$. According to the source document any key size greater
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3016 than or equal to 256-bits is sufficient for long term security.
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3017
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3018 \section{Key Format}
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3019 LibTomCrypt uses it's own format for ECC public and private keys. While ANSI X9.62 partially specifies key formats (it covers public keys) it does it in a less
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3020 than ideally simple manner. In the case of LibTomCrypt it is meant \textbf{solely} for NIST $GF(p)$ curves. The format of the keys is as follows:
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3021
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3022 \begin{small}
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3023 \begin{verbatim}
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3024 ECCPublicKey ::= SEQUENCE {
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3025 flags BIT STRING(1), -- public/private flag (always zero),
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3026 keySize INTEGER, -- Curve size (in bits) divided by eight
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3027 -- and rounded down, e.g. 521 => 65
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3028 pubkey.x INTEGER, -- The X co-ordinate of the public key point
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3029 pubkey.y INTEGER, -- The Y co-ordinate of the public key point
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3030 }
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3031
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3032 ECCPrivateKey ::= SEQUENCE {
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3033 flags BIT STRING(1), -- public/private flag (always one),
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3034 keySize INTEGER, -- Curve size (in bits) divided by eight
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3035 -- and rounded down, e.g. 521 => 65
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3036 pubkey.x INTEGER, -- The X co-ordinate of the public key point
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3037 pubkey.y INTEGER, -- The Y co-ordinate of the public key point
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3038 secret.k INTEGER, -- The secret key scalar
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3039 }
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3040 \end{verbatim}
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3041 \end{small}
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3042
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3043 The first flags bit denotes whether the key is public (zero) or private (one).
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3044
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3045 \section{Core Functions}
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3046
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3047 Like the DH routines there is a key structure ``ecc\_key'' used by the functions. There is a function to make a key:
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3048 \index{ecc\_make\_key()}
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3049 \begin{verbatim}
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3050 int ecc_make_key(prng_state *prng, int wprng,
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3051 int keysize, ecc_key *key);
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3052 \end{verbatim}
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3053
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3054 The ``keysize'' is the size of the modulus in bytes desired. Currently directly supported values are 24, 28, 32, 48 and 65 bytes which
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3055 correspond to key sizes of 192, 224, 256, 384 and 521 bits respectively. If you pass a key size that is between any key size
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3056 it will round the keysize up to the next available one. The rest of the parameters work like they do in the ``dh\_make\_key()'' function.
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3057 To free the ram allocated by a key call:
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3058 \index{ecc\_free()}
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3059 \begin{verbatim}
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3060 void ecc_free(ecc_key *key);
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3061 \end{verbatim}
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3062
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3063 To import and export a key there are:
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3064 \index{ecc\_export()}
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3065 \index{ecc\_import()}
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3066 \begin{verbatim}
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3067 int ecc_export(unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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3068 int type, ecc_key *key);
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3069
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3070 int ecc_import(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen, ecc_key *key);
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3071 \end{verbatim}
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3072 These two work exactly like there DH counterparts. Finally when you share your public key you can make a shared secret
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3073 with:
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3074 \index{ecc\_shared\_secret()}
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3075 \begin{verbatim}
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3076 int ecc_shared_secret(ecc_key *private_key,
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3077 ecc_key *public_key,
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3078 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3079 \end{verbatim}
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3080 Which works exactly like the DH counterpart, the ``private\_key'' is your own key and ``public\_key'' is the key the other
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3081 user sent you. Note that this function stores both $x$ and $y$ co-ordinates of the shared
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3082 elliptic point. You should hash the output to get a shared key in a more compact and useful form (most of the entropy is
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3084 of a key.
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3085 \index{ecc\_get\_size()}
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3086 \begin{verbatim}
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3087 int ecc_get_size(ecc_key *key);
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3088 \end{verbatim}
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3089
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3090 To test the ECC routines and to get the minimum and maximum key sizes there are these two functions:
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3091 \index{ecc\_test()}
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3092 \begin{verbatim}
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3093 int ecc_test(void);
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3094 void ecc_sizes(int *low, int *high);
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3095 \end{verbatim}
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3096 Which both work like their DH counterparts.
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3097
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3098 \section{ECC Packet}
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3099 Similar to the RSA API there are two functions which encrypt and decrypt symmetric keys using the ECC public key
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3100 algorithms.
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3102 \index{ecc\_encrypt\_key()} \index{ecc\_decrypt\_key()}
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3104 int ecc_encrypt_key(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3105 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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3106 prng_state *prng, int wprng, int hash,
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3107 ecc_key *key);
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3108
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3109 int ecc_decrypt_key(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3110 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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3111 ecc_key *key);
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3113
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3114 Where ``in'' is an input symmetric key of no more than 64 bytes. Essentially these routines created a random public key
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3115 and find the hash of the shared secret. The message digest is than XOR'ed against the symmetric key. All of the required
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3116 data is placed in ``out'' by ``ecc\_encrypt\_key()''. The hash chosen must produce a message digest at least as large
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3118
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3119 \subsection{Encrypt Packet Format}
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3120
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3121 The packet format for the encrypted keys is the following ASN.1 SEQUENCE:
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3122
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3123 \begin{verbatim}
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3124 ECCEncrypt ::= SEQUENCE {
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3125 hashID OBJECT IDENTIFIER, -- OID of hash used
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3126 pubkey OCTET STRING , -- Encapsulated ECCPublicKey (see above)
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3127 skey OCTET STRING -- xor of plaintext and "hash of shared secret"
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3128 }
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3129 \end{verbatim}
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3131 There are also functions to sign and verify the hash of a message.
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3132 \index{ecc\_sign\_hash()} \index{ecc\_verify\_hash()}
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3133 \begin{verbatim}
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3134 int ecc_sign_hash(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3135 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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3136 prng_state *prng, int wprng, ecc_key *key);
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3137
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3138 int ecc_verify_hash(const unsigned char *sig, unsigned long siglen,
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3139 const unsigned char *hash, unsigned long hashlen,
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3140 int *stat, ecc_key *key);
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3142
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3143 The ``ecc\_sign\_hash'' function signs the message hash in ``in'' of length ``inlen'' and forms a ECC packet in ``out''.
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3144 The ``ecc\_verify\_hash'' function verifies the ECC signature in ``sig'' against the hash in ``hash''. It sets ``stat''
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3147 \subsection{Signature Format}
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3148 The signature code is an implementation of X9.62 EC-DSA and the output is comformant for GF(p) curves.
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3149
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3150 \section{ECC Keysizes}
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3151 With ECC if you try and sign a hash that is bigger than your ECC key you can run into problems. The math will still work
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3152 and in effect the signature will still work. With ECC keys the strength of the signature is limited by the size of
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3153 the hash or the size of they key, whichever is smaller. For example, if you sign with SHA256 and an ECC-192 key in effect
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3154 you have 192-bits of security.
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3155
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3156 The library will not warn you if you make this mistake so it is important to check yourself before using the
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3157 signatures.
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3158
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3159 \chapter{Digital Signature Algorithm}
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3160 \section{Introduction}
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3161 The Digital Signature Algorithm (or DSA) is a variant of the ElGamal Signature scheme which has been modified to
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3162 reduce the bandwidth of a signature. For example, to have ``80-bits of security'' with ElGamal you need a group of
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3163 order at least 1024-bits. With DSA you need a group of order at least 160-bits. By comparison the ElGamal signature
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3165
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3166 The API for the DSA is essentially the same as the other PK algorithms. Except in the case of DSA no encryption or
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3167 decryption routines are provided.
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3168
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3169 \section{Key Format}
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3170 Since no useful public standard for DSA key storage was presented to me during the course of this development I made my own ASN.1 SEQUENCE which I document
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3171 now so that others can interoperate with this library.
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3172
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3173 \begin{verbatim}
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3174 DSAPublicKey ::= SEQUENCE {
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3175 publicFlags BIT STRING(1), -- must be 0
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3176 g INTEGER , -- base generator, check that g^q mod p == 1
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3177 -- and that 1 < g < p - 1
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3178 p INTEGER , -- prime modulus
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3179 q INTEGER , -- order of sub-group (must be prime)
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3180 y INTEGER , -- public key, specifically, g^x mod p,
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3181 -- check that y^q mod p == 1
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3182 -- and that 1 < y < p - 1
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3183 }
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3184
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3185 DSAPrivateKey ::= SEQUENCE {
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3186 publicFlags BIT STRING(1), -- must be 1
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3187 g INTEGER , -- base generator, check that g^q mod p == 1
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3188 -- and that 1 < g < p - 1
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3189 p INTEGER , -- prime modulus
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3190 q INTEGER , -- order of sub-group (must be prime)
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3191 y INTEGER , -- public key, specifically, g^x mod p,
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3192 -- check that y^q mod p == 1
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3193 -- and that 1 < y < p - 1
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3194 x INTEGER -- private key
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3195 }
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3196 \end{verbatim}
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3197
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3198 The leading BIT STRING has a single bit in it which is zero for public keys and one for private keys. This makes the structure uniquely decodable and easy
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3199 to work with.
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3200
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3202 To make a DSA key you must call the following function
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3203 \begin{verbatim}
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3204 int dsa_make_key(prng_state *prng, int wprng,
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3205 int group_size, int modulus_size,
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3206 dsa_key *key);
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3207 \end{verbatim}
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3208 The variable ``prng'' is an active PRNG state and ``wprng'' the index to the descriptor. ``group\_size'' and
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3209 ``modulus\_size'' control the difficulty of forging a signature. Both parameters are in bytes. The larger the
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3210 ``group\_size'' the more difficult a forgery becomes upto a limit. The value of $group\_size$ is limited by
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3211 $15 < group\_size < 1024$ and $modulus\_size - group\_size < 512$. Suggested values for the pairs are as follows.
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3212
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3213 \begin{center}
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3214 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
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3215 \hline \textbf{Bits of Security} & \textbf{group\_size} & \textbf{modulus\_size} \\
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3217 \hline 120 & 30 & 256 \\
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3218 \hline 140 & 35 & 384 \\
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3219 \hline 160 & 40 & 512 \\
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3221 \end{tabular}
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3222 \end{center}
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3223
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3224 When you are finished with a DSA key you can call the following function to free the memory used.
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3227 void dsa_free(dsa_key *key);
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3229
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3230 \section{Key Verification}
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3231 Each DSA key is composed of the following variables.
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3232
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3233 \begin{enumerate}
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3234 \item $q$ a small prime of magnitude $256^{group\_size}$.
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3235 \item $p = qr + 1$ a large prime of magnitude $256^{modulus\_size}$ where $r$ is a random even integer.
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3238 \item $x$ a random secret (the secret key) in the range $1 < x < q$
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3239 \item $y = g^x \mbox{ (mod }p\mbox{)}$ the public key.
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3240 \end{enumerate}
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3241
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3242 A DSA key is considered valid if it passes all of the following tests.
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3244 \begin{enumerate}
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3245 \item $q$ must be prime.
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3246 \item $p$ must be prime.
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3247 \item $g$ cannot be one of $\lbrace -1, 0, 1 \rbrace$ (modulo $p$).
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3248 \item $g$ must be less than $p$.
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3249 \item $(p-1) \equiv 0 \mbox{ (mod }q\mbox{)}$.
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3250 \item $g^q \equiv 1 \mbox{ (mod }p\mbox{)}$.
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3251 \item $1 < y < p - 1$
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3252 \item $y^q \equiv 1 \mbox{ (mod }p\mbox{)}$.
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3253 \end{enumerate}
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3254
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3255 Tests one and two ensure that the values will at least form a field which is required for the signatures to
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3256 function. Tests three and four ensure that the generator $g$ is not set to a trivial value which would make signature
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3257 forgery easier. Test five ensures that $q$ divides the order of multiplicative sub-group of $\Z/p\Z$. Test six
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3258 ensures that the generator actually generates a prime order group. Tests seven and eight ensure that the public key
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3259 is within range and belongs to a group of prime order. Note that test eight does not prove that $g$ generated $y$ only
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3260 that $y$ belongs to a multiplicative sub-group of order $q$.
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3261
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3262 The following function will perform these tests.
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3263
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3264 \index{dsa\_verify\_key()}
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3265 \begin{verbatim}
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3266 int dsa_verify_key(dsa_key *key, int *stat);
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3267 \end{verbatim}
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3268
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3269 This will test ``key'' and store the result in ``stat''. If the result is $stat = 0$ the DSA key failed one of the tests
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3270 and should not be used at all. If the result is $stat = 1$ the DSA key is valid (as far as valid mathematics are concerned).
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3271
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3272 \section{Signatures}
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3273 To generate a DSA signature call the following function
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3274
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3275 \index{dsa\_sign\_hash()}
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3276 \begin{verbatim}
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3277 int dsa_sign_hash(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3278 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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3279 prng_state *prng, int wprng, dsa_key *key);
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3280 \end{verbatim}
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3281
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3282 Which will sign the data in ``in'' of length ``inlen'' bytes. The signature is stored in ``out'' and the size
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3283 of the signature in ``outlen''. If the signature is longer than the size you initially specify in ``outlen'' nothing
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3285
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3286 To verify a hash created with that function use the following function
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3287
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3288 \index{dsa\_verify\_hash()}
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3289 \begin{verbatim}
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3290 int dsa_verify_hash(const unsigned char *sig, unsigned long siglen,
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3291 const unsigned char *hash, unsigned long inlen,
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3292 int *stat, dsa_key *key);
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3293 \end{verbatim}
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3294 Which will verify the data in ``hash'' of length ``inlen'' against the signature stored in ``sig'' of length ``siglen''.
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3295 It will set ``stat'' to $1$ if the signature is valid, otherwise it sets ``stat'' to $0$.
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3296
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3297 \section{Import and Export}
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3298
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3299 To export a DSA key so that it can be transported use the following function
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3300 \index{dsa\_export()}
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3301 \begin{verbatim}
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3302 int dsa_export(unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen,
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3303 int type,
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3304 dsa_key *key);
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3305 \end{verbatim}
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3306 This will export the DSA ``key'' to the buffer ``out'' and set the length in ``outlen'' (which must have been previously
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3307 initialized to the maximum buffer size). The ``type`` variable may be either \textbf{PK\_PRIVATE} or \textbf{PK\_PUBLIC}
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3308 depending on whether you want to export a private or public copy of the DSA key.
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3309
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3310 To import an exported DSA key use the following function
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3311
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3312 \index{dsa\_import()}
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3313 \begin{verbatim}
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3314 int dsa_import(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3315 dsa_key *key);
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3316 \end{verbatim}
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3317
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3318 This will import the DSA key from the buffer ``in'' of length ``inlen'' to the ``key''. If the process fails the function
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3319 will automatically free all of the heap allocated in the process (you don't have to call dsa\_free()).
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3320
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3321 \chapter{Standards Support}
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3322 \section{ASN.1 Formats}
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3323 LibTomCrypt supports a variety of ASN.1 data types encoded with the Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) suitable for various cryptographic protocols. The data types
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3324 are all provided with three basic functions with \textit{similar} prototypes. One function has been dedicated to calculate the length in octets of a given
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3325 format and two functions have been dedicated to encoding and decoding the format.
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3326
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3327 On top of the basic data types are the SEQUENCE and\footnote{Planned for LTC 1.06} SET data types which are collections of other ASN.1 types. They are provided
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3328 in the same manner as the other data types except they use list of objects known as the \textbf{ltc\_asn1\_list} structure. It is defined as
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3329
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3330 \index{ltc\_asn1\_list structure}
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3331 \begin{verbatim}
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3332 typedef struct {
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3333 int type;
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3334 void *data;
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3335 unsigned long size;
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3336 int used;
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3337 } ltc_asn1_list;
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3338 \end{verbatim}
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3339
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3340 The ``type'' field is one of the following ASN.1 field definitions. The ``data'' pointer is a void pointer to the data to be encoded (or the destination) and the
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3341 ``size'' field is specific to what you are encoding (e.g. number of bits in the BIT STRING data type). The ``used'' field is primarily for the CHOICE decoder
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3342 and reflects if the particular member of a list was the decoded data type. To help build the lists in an orderly fashion the macro
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3343 ``LTC\_SET\_ASN1(list, index, Type, Data, Size)'' has been provided.
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3344
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3345 It will assign to the ``index''th position in the ``list'' the tripplet (Type, Data, Size). An example usage would be:
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3346
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3347 \begin{small}
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3348 \begin{verbatim}
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3349 ...
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3350 ltc_asn1_list sequence[3];
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3351 unsigned long three=3;
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3352
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3353 LTC_SET_ASN1(sequence, 0, LTC_ASN1_IA5_STRING, "hello", 5);
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3354 LTC_SET_ASN1(sequence, 1, LTC_ASN1_SHORT_INTEGER, &three, 1);
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3355 LTC_SET_ASN1(sequence, 2, LTC_ASN1_NULL, NULL, 0);
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3356 \end{verbatim}
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3357 \end{small}
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3358
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3359 The macro is relatively safe with respect to modifying variables, for instance the following code is equivalent.
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3360
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3361 \begin{small}
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3362 \begin{verbatim}
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3363 ...
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3364 ltc_asn1_list sequence[3];
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3365 unsigned long three=3;
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3366 int x=0;
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3367 LTC_SET_ASN1(sequence, x++, LTC_ASN1_IA5_STRING, "hello", 5);
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3368 LTC_SET_ASN1(sequence, x++, LTC_ASN1_SHORT_INTEGER, &three, 1);
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3369 LTC_SET_ASN1(sequence, x++, LTC_ASN1_NULL, NULL, 0);
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3370 \end{verbatim}
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3371 \end{small}
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3372
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3373 \begin{figure}[here]
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3374 \begin{center}
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3375 \begin{small}
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3376 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
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3377 \hline \textbf{Definition} & \textbf{ASN.1 Type} \\
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3378 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_EOL & End of a ASN.1 list structure. \\
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3379 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_INTEGER & INTEGER (uses mp\_int) \\
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3380 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_SHORT\_INTEGER & INTEGER (32--bit using unsigned long) \\
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3381 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_BIT\_STRING & BIT STRING (one bit per char) \\
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3382 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_OCTET\_STRING & OCTET STRING (one octet per char) \\
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3383 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_NULL & NULL \\
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3384 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_OBJECT\_IDENTIFIER & OBJECT IDENTIFIER (words are in unsigned long) \\
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3385 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_IA5\_STRING & IA5 STRING (one octet per char) \\
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3386 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_PRINTABLE\_STRING & PRINTABLE STIRNG (one octet per char) \\
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3387 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_UTCTIME & UTCTIME (see ltc\_utctime structure) \\
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3388 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_SEQUENCE & SEQUENCE OF \\
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3389 \hline LTC\_ASN1\_CHOICE & CHOICE \\
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3390 \hline
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3391 \end{tabular}
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3392 \caption{List of ASN.1 Supported Types}
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3393 \end{small}
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3394 \end{center}
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3395 \end{figure}
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3396
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3397 \subsection{SEQUENCE Type}
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3398 The SEQUENCE data type is a collection of other ASN.1 data types encapsulated with a small header which is a useful way of sending multiple data types in one packet.
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3399
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3400 \subsubsection{SEUQNECE Encoding}
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3401 To encode a sequence a \textbf{ltc\_asn1\_list} array must be initialized with the members of the sequence and their respective pointers. The encoding is performed
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3402 with the following function.
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3403
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3404 \index{der\_encode\_sequence()}
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3405 \begin{verbatim}
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3406 int der_encode_sequence(ltc_asn1_list *list, unsigned long inlen,
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3407 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3408 \end{verbatim}
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3409 This encodes a sequence of items pointed to by ``list'' where the list has ``inlen'' items in it. The SEQUENCE will be encoded to ``out'' and of length ``outlen''. The
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3410 function will terminate when it reads all the items out of the list (upto ``inlen'') or it encounters an item in the list with a type of \textbf{LTC\_ASN1\_EOL}.
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3411
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3412 The ``data'' pointer in the list would be the same pointer you would pass to the respective ASN.1 encoder (e.g. der\_encode\_bit\_string()) and it is simply passed on
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3413 verbatim to the dependent encoder. The list can contain other SEQUENCE or SET types which enables you to have nested SEQUENCE and SET definitions. In these cases
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3414 the ``data'' pointer is simply a pointer to another \textbf{ltc\_asn1\_list}.
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3415
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3416 \subsubsection{SEQUENCE Decoding}
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3417
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3418 \index{der\_decode\_sequence()}
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3419
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3420 Decoding a SEQUENCE is similar to encoding. You set up an array of \textbf{ltc\_asn1\_list} where in this case the ``size'' member is the maximum size
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3421 (in certain cases). For types such as IA5 STRING, BIT STRING, OCTET STRING (etc) the ``size'' field is updated after successful decoding to reflect how many
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3422 units of the respective type has been loaded.
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3423
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3424 \begin{verbatim}
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3425 int der_decode_sequence(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3426 ltc_asn1_list *list, unsigned long outlen);
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3427 \end{verbatim}
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3428
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3429 This will decode upto ``outlen'' items from the input buffer ``in'' of length ``inlen'' octets. The function will stop (gracefully) when it runs out of items to decode.
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3430 It will fail (for among other reasons) when it runs out of input bytes to read, a data type is invalid or a heap failure occured.
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3431
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3432 For the following types the ``size'' field will be updated to reflect the number of units read of the given type.
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3433 \begin{enumerate}
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3434 \item BIT STRING
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3435 \item OCTET STRING
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3436 \item OBJECT IDENTIFIER
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3437 \item IA5 STRING
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3438 \item PRINTABLE STRING
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3439 \end{enumerate}
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3440
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3441 \subsubsection{SEQUENCE Length}
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3442
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3443 The length of a SEQUENCE can be determined with the following function.
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3444
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3445 \index{der\_length\_sequence()}
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3446 \begin{verbatim}
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3447 int der_length_sequence(ltc_asn1_list *list, unsigned long inlen,
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3448 unsigned long *outlen);
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3449 \end{verbatim}
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3450
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3451 This will get the encoding size for the given ``list'' of length ``inlen'' and store it in ``outlen''.
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3452
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3453 \subsubsection{SEQUENCE Multiple Argument Lists}
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3454
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3455 For small or simple sequences an encoding or decoding can be performed with one of the following two functions.
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3456
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3457 \index{der\_encode\_sequence\_multi()}
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3458 \index{der\_decode\_sequence\_multi()}
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3459
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3460 \begin{verbatim}
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3461 int der_encode_sequence_multi(unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen, ...);
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3462 int der_decode_sequence_multi(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen, ...);
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3463 \end{verbatim}
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3464
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3465 These either encode or decode (respectively) a SEQUENCE data type where the items in the sequence are specified after the length parameter.
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3466
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3467 The list of items are specified as a triple of the form ``(type, size, data)'' where ``type'' is an \textbf{int}, ``size'' is a \textbf{unsigned long}
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3468 and ``data'' is \textbf{void} pointer. The list of items must be terminated with an item with the type \textbf{LTC\_ASN1\_EOL}.
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3469
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3470 It's ideal that you cast the ``size'' values to unsigned long to ensure that the proper data type is passed to the function. Constants such as ``1'' without
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3471 a cast or prototype are of type \textbf{int} by default. Appending \textit{UL} or prepending \textit{(unsigned long)} is enough to cast it to the correct type.
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3472
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3473 \subsection{ASN.1 INTEGER}
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3474
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3475 To encode or decode INTEGER data types use the following functions.
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3476
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3477 \index{der\_encode\_integer()}
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3478 \index{der\_decode\_integer()}
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3479 \index{der\_length\_integer()}
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3480 \begin{verbatim}
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3481 int der_encode_integer(mp_int *num, unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3482 int der_decode_integer(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen, mp_int *num);
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3483 int der_length_integer(mp_int *num, unsigned long *len);
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3484 \end{verbatim}
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3485
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3486 These will encode or decode a signed INTEGER data type using the ``mp\_int'' data type to store the large INTEGER. To encode smaller values without allocating
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3487 an mp\_int to store the value the ``short'' INTEGER functions were made available.
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3488
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3489 \index{der\_encode\_short\_integer()}
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3490 \index{der\_decode\_short\_integer()}
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3491 \index{der\_length\_short\_integer()}
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3492 \begin{verbatim}
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3493 int der_encode_short_integer(unsigned long num,
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3494 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3495
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3496 int der_decode_short_integer(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3497 unsigned long *num);
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3498
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3499 int der_length_short_integer(unsigned long num, unsigned long *outlen);
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3500 \end{verbatim}
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3501
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3502 These will encode or decode an unsigned \textbf{unsigned long} type (only reads upto 32--bits). For values in the range $0 \dots 2^{32} - 1$ the integer
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3503 and short integer functions can encode and decode each others outputs.
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3504
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3505 \subsection{ASN.1 BIT STRING}
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3506
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3507 \index{der\_encode\_bit\_string()}
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3508 \index{der\_decode\_bit\_string()}
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3509 \index{der\_length\_bit\_string()}
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3510 \begin{verbatim}
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3511 int der_encode_bit_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3512 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3513
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3514 int der_decode_bit_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3515 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3516
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3517 int der_length_bit_string(unsigned long nbits, unsigned long *outlen);
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3518 \end{verbatim}
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3519
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3520 These will encode or decode a BIT STRING data type. The bits are passed in (or read out) using one \textbf{char} per bit. A non--zero value will be interpretted
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3521 as a one bit and a zero value a zero bit.
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3522
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3523 \subsection{ASN.1 OCTET STRING}
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3524
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3525 \index{der\_encode\_octet\_string()}
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3526 \index{der\_decode\_octet\_string()}
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3527 \index{der\_length\_octet\_string()}
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3528 \begin{verbatim}
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3529 int der_encode_octet_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3530 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3531
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3532 int der_decode_octet_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3533 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3534
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3535 int der_length_octet_string(unsigned long noctets, unsigned long *outlen);
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3536 \end{verbatim}
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3537
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3538 These will encode or decode an OCTET STRING data type. The octets are stored using one \textbf{char} each.
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3539
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3540 \subsection{ASN.1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER}
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3541
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3542 \index{der\_encode\_object\_identifier()}
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3543 \index{der\_decode\_object\_identifier()}
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3544 \index{der\_length\_object\_identifier()}
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3545 \begin{verbatim}
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3546 int der_encode_object_identifier(unsigned long *words, unsigned long nwords,
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3547 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3548
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3549 int der_decode_object_identifier(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3550 unsigned long *words, unsigned long *outlen);
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3551
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3552 int der_length_object_identifier(unsigned long *words, unsigned long nwords,
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3553 unsigned long *outlen);
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3554 \end{verbatim}
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3555
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3556 These will encode or decode an OBJECT IDENTIFIER object. The words of the OID are stored in individual \textbf{unsigned long} elements and must be in the range
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3557 $0 \ldots 2^{32} - 1$.
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3558
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3559 \subsection{ASN.1 IA5 STRING}
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3560
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3561 \index{der\_encode\_ia5\_string()}
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3562 \index{der\_decode\_ia5\_string()}
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3563 \index{der\_length\_ia5\_string()}
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3564 \begin{verbatim}
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3565 int der_encode_ia5_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3566 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3567
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3568 int der_decode_ia5_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3569 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3570
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3571 int der_length_ia5_string(const unsigned char *octets, unsigned long noctets,
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3572 unsigned long *outlen);
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3573 \end{verbatim}
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3574
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3575 These will encode or decode an IA5 STRING. The characters are read or stored in individual \textbf{char} elements. This functions performs internal character
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3576 to numerical conversions based on the conventions of the compiler being used. For instance, on an x86\_32 machine 'A' == 65 but the same may not be true on
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3577 say a SPARC machine. Internally these functions have a table of literal characters and their numerical ASCII values. This provides a stable conversion provided
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3578 that the build platform honours the runtime platforms character conventions.
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3579
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3580 If you're worried try building the test suite and running it. It has hard coded test vectors to ensure it is operating properly.
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3581
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3582 \subsection{ASN.1 PRINTABLE STRING}
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3583
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3584 \index{der\_encode\_printable\_string()}
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3585 \index{der\_decode\_printable\_string()}
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3586 \index{der\_length\_printable\_string()}
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3587 \begin{verbatim}
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3588 int der_encode_printable_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3589 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3590
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3591 int der_decode_printable_string(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen,
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3592 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3593
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3594 int der_length_printable_string(const unsigned char *octets, unsigned long noctets,
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3595 unsigned long *outlen);
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3596 \end{verbatim}
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3597
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3598 These will encode or decode an PRINTABLE STRING. The characters are read or stored in individual \textbf{char} elements. This functions performs internal character
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3599 to numerical conversions based on the conventions of the compiler being used. For instance, on an x86\_32 machine 'A' == 65 but the same may not be true on
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3600 say a SPARC machine. Internally these functions have a table of literal characters and their numerical ASCII values. This provides a stable conversion provided
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3601 that the build platform honours the runtime platforms character conventions.
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3602
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3603 If you're worried try building the test suite and running it. It has hard coded test vectors to ensure it is operating properly.
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3604
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3605 \subsection{ASN.1 UTCTIME}
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3606
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3607 The UTCTIME type is to store a date and time in ASN.1 format. It uses the following structure to organize the time.
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3608
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3609 \begin{verbatim}
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3610 typedef struct {
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3611 unsigned YY, /* year 00--99 */
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3612 MM, /* month 01--12 */
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3613 DD, /* day 01--31 */
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3614 hh, /* hour 00--23 */
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3615 mm, /* minute 00--59 */
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3616 ss, /* second 00--59 */
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3617 off_dir, /* timezone offset direction 0 == +, 1 == - */
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3618 off_hh, /* timezone offset hours */
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3619 off_mm; /* timezone offset minutes */
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3620 } ltc_utctime;
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3621 \end{verbatim}
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3622
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3623 The time can be offset plus or minus a set amount of hours (off\_hh) and minutes (off\_mm). When ``off\_dir'' is zero the time will be added otherwise it
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3624 will be subtracted.
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3625
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3626 For instance, the array $\lbrace 5, 6, 20, 22, 4, 00, 0, 5, 0 \rbrace$ represents the current time of 2005, June 20th, 22:04:00 with a time offset of +05h00.
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3627
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3628 \index{der\_encode\_utctime()}
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3629 \index{der\_decode\_utctime()}
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3630 \index{der\_length\_utctime()}
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3631 \begin{verbatim}
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3632 int der_encode_utctime(ltc_utctime *utctime,
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3633 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3634
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3635 int der_decode_utctime(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long *inlen,
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3636 ltc_utctime *out);
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3637
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3638 int der_length_utctime(ltc_utctime *utctime, unsigned long *outlen);
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3639 \end{verbatim}
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3640
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3641 The encoder will store time in one of the two ASN.1 formats, either ``YYMMDDhhmmssZ'' or ``YYMMDDhhmmss$\pm$hhmm'' and perform minimal error checking on the
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3642 input. The decoder will read all valid ASN.1 formats and perform range checking on the values (not complete but rational) useful for catching packet errors.
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3643
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3644 It is suggested that decoded data be further scrutinized (e.g. days of month in particular).
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3645
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3646 \subsection{ASN.1 CHOICE}
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3647
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3648 The CHOICE ASN.1 type represents a union of ASN.1 types all of which are stored in a ``ltc\_asn1\_list''. There is no encoder for the CHOICE type, only a
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3649 decoder. The decoder will scan through the provided list attempting to use the appropriate decoder on the input packet. The list can contain any ASN.1 data
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3650 type\footnote{Except it cannot have LTC\_ASN1\_INTEGER and LTC\_ASN1\_SHORT\_INTEGER simultaneously.} except for other CHOICE types.
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3651
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3652 There is no encoder for the CHOICE type as the actual DER encoding is the encoding of the chosen type.
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3653
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3654 \index{der\_decode\_choice()}
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3655 \begin{verbatim}
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3656 int der_decode_choice(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long *inlen,
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3657 ltc_asn1_list *list, unsigned long outlen);
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3658 \end{verbatim}
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3659
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3660 This will decode the input in the ``in'' field of length ``inlen''. It uses the provided ASN.1 list specified in the ``list'' field which has ``outlen'' elements.
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3661 The ``inlen'' field will be updated with the length of the decoded data type as well as the respective entry in the ``list'' field will have the ``used'' flag
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3662 set to non--zero to reflect it was the data type decoded.
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3663
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3664 \section{Password Based Cryptography}
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3665 \subsection{PKCS \#5}
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3666 \index{PKCS \#5}
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3667 In order to securely handle user passwords for the purposes of creating session keys and chaining IVs the PKCS \#5 was drafted. PKCS \#5
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3668 is made up of two algorithms, Algorithm One and Algorithm Two. Algorithm One is the older fairly limited algorithm which has been implemented
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3669 for completeness. Algorithm Two is a bit more modern and more flexible to work with.
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3670
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3671 \subsection{Algorithm One}
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3672 Algorithm One accepts as input a password, an 8--byte salt and an iteration counter. The iteration counter is meant to act as delay for
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3673 people trying to brute force guess the password. The higher the iteration counter the longer the delay. This algorithm also requires a hash
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3674 algorithm and produces an output no longer than the output of the hash.
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3675
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3676 \index{pkcs\_5\_alg1()}
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3677 \begin{alltt}
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3678 int pkcs_5_alg1(const unsigned char *password, unsigned long password_len,
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3679 const unsigned char *salt,
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3680 int iteration_count, int hash_idx,
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3681 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen)
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3682 \end{alltt}
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3683 Where ``password'' is the users password. Since the algorithm allows binary passwords you must also specify the length in ``password\_len''.
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3684 The ``salt'' is a fixed size 8--byte array which should be random for each user and session. The ``iteration\_count'' is the delay desired
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3685 on the password. The ``hash\_idx'' is the index of the hash you wish to use in the descriptor table.
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3686
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3687 The output of length upto ``outlen'' is stored in ``out''. If ``outlen'' is initially larger than the size of the hash functions output
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3688 it is set to the number of bytes stored. If it is smaller than not all of the hash output is stored in ``out''.
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3689
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3690 \subsection{Algorithm Two}
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3691
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3692 Algorithm Two is the recommended algorithm for this task. It allows variable length salts and can produce outputs larger than the
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3693 hash functions output. As such it can easily be used to derive session keys for ciphers and MACs as well initial vectors as required
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3694 from a single password and invokation of this algorithm.
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3695
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3696 \index{pkcs\_5\_alg2()}
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3697 \begin{alltt}
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3698 int pkcs_5_alg2(const unsigned char *password, unsigned long password_len,
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3699 const unsigned char *salt, unsigned long salt_len,
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3700 int iteration_count, int hash_idx,
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3701 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen)
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3702 \end{alltt}
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3703 Where ``password'' is the users password. Since the algorithm allows binary passwords you must also specify the length in ``password\_len''.
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3704 The ``salt'' is an array of size ``salt\_len''. It should be random for each user and session. The ``iteration\_count'' is the delay desired
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3705 on the password. The ``hash\_idx'' is the index of the hash you wish to use in the descriptor table. The output of length upto
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3706 ``outlen'' is stored in ``out''.
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3707
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3708 \begin{alltt}
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3709 /* demo to show how to make session state material from a password */
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3710 #include <tomcrypt.h>
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3711 int main(void)
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3712 \{
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3713 unsigned char password[100], salt[100],
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3714 cipher_key[16], cipher_iv[16],
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3715 mac_key[16], outbuf[48];
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3716 int err, hash_idx;
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3717 unsigned long outlen, password_len, salt_len;
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3718
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3719 /* register hash and get it's idx .... */
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3720
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3721 /* get users password and make up a salt ... */
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3722
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3723 /* create the material (100 iterations in algorithm) */
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3724 outlen = sizeof(outbuf);
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3725 if ((err = pkcs_5_alg2(password, password_len, salt, salt_len,
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3726 100, hash_idx, outbuf, &outlen)) != CRYPT_OK) \{
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3727 /* error handle */
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3728 \}
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3729
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3730 /* now extract it */
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3731 memcpy(cipher_key, outbuf, 16);
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3732 memcpy(cipher_iv, outbuf+16, 16);
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3733 memcpy(mac_key, outbuf+32, 16);
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3734
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3735 /* use material (recall to store the salt in the output) */
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3736 \}
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3737 \end{alltt}
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3738
3
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3739 \chapter{Miscellaneous}
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3740 \section{Base64 Encoding and Decoding}
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3741 The library provides functions to encode and decode a RFC1521 base64 coding scheme. This means that it can decode what it
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3742 encodes but the format used does not comply to any known standard. The characters used in the mappings are:
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3743 \begin{verbatim}
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3744 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/
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3745 \end{verbatim}
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3746 Those characters should are supported in virtually any 7-bit ASCII system which means they can be used for transport over
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3747 common e-mail, usenet and HTTP mediums. The format of an encoded stream is just a literal sequence of ASCII characters
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3748 where a group of four represent 24-bits of input. The first four chars of the encoders output is the length of the
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3749 original input. After the first four characters is the rest of the message.
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3750
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3751 Often it is desirable to line wrap the output to fit nicely in an e-mail or usenet posting. The decoder allows you to
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3752 put any character (that is not in the above sequence) in between any character of the encoders output. You may not however,
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3753 break up the first four characters.
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3754
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3755 To encode a binary string in base64 call:
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3756 \index{base64\_encode()} \index{base64\_decode()}
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3757 \begin{verbatim}
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3758 int base64_encode(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long len,
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3759 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3760 \end{verbatim}
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3761 Where ``in'' is the binary string and ``out'' is where the ASCII output is placed. You must set the value of ``outlen'' prior
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3762 to calling this function and it sets the length of the base64 output in ``outlen'' when it is done. To decode a base64
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3763 string call:
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3764 \begin{verbatim}
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3765 int base64_decode(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long len,
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3766 unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen);
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3767 \end{verbatim}
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3768
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3769 \section{The Multiple Precision Integer Library (MPI)}
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3770 The library comes with a copy of LibTomMath which is a multiple precision integer library written by the
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3771 author of LibTomCrypt. LibTomMath is a trivial to use ANSI C compatible large integer library which is free
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3772 for all uses and is distributed freely.
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3773
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3774 At the heart of all the functions is the data type ``mp\_int'' (defined in tommath.h). This data type is what
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3775 will hold all large integers. In order to use an mp\_int one must initialize it first, for example:
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3776 \begin{verbatim}
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3777 #include <tomcrypt.h> /* tomcrypt.h includes mpi.h automatically */
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3778 int main(void)
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3779 {
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3780 mp_int bignum;
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3781
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3782 /* initialize it */
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3783 mp_init(&bignum);
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3784
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3785 return 0;
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3786 }
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3787 \end{verbatim}
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3788 If you are unfamiliar with the syntax of C the \& symbol is used to pass the address of ``bignum'' to the function. All
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3789 LibTomMath functions require the address of the parameters. To free the memory of a mp\_int use (for example):
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3790 \begin{verbatim}
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3791 mp_clear(&bignum);
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3792 \end{verbatim}
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3793
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3794 The functions also have the basic form of one of the following:
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3795 \begin{verbatim}
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3796 mp_XXX(mp_int *a);
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3797 mp_XXX(mp_int *a, mp_int *b, mp_int *c);
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3798 mp_XXX(mp_int *a, mp_int *b, mp_int *c, mp_int *d);
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3799 \end{verbatim}
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3800
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3801 Where they perform some operation and store the result in the mp\_int variable passed on the far right.
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3802 For example, to compute $c = a + b \mbox{ }(\mbox{mod }m)$ you would call:
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3803 \begin{verbatim}
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3804 mp_addmod(&a, &b, &m, &c);
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3805 \end{verbatim}
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3806
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3807 \subsection{Binary Forms of ``mp\_int'' Variables}
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3808
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3809 Often it is required to store a ``mp\_int'' in binary form for transport (e.g. exporting a key, packet
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3810 encryption, etc.). LibTomMath includes two functions to help when exporting numbers:
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3811 \begin{verbatim}
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3812 int mp_raw_size(mp_int *num);
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3813 mp_toraw(&num, buf);
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3814 \end{verbatim}
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3815
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3816 The former function gives the size in bytes of the raw format and the latter function actually stores the raw data. All
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3817 ``mp\_int'' numbers are stored in big endian form (like PKCS demands) with the first byte being the sign of the number. The
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3818 ``rsa\_exptmod()'' function differs slightly since it will take the input in the form exactly as PKCS demands (without the
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3819 leading sign byte). All other functions include the sign byte (since its much simpler just to include it). The sign byte
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3820 must be zero for positive numbers and non-zero for negative numbers. For example,
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3821 the sequence:
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3822 \begin{verbatim}
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3823 00 FF 30 04
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3824 \end{verbatim}
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3825 Represents the integer $255 \cdot 256^2 + 48 \cdot 256^1 + 4 \cdot 256^0$ or 16,723,972.
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3826
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3827 To read a binary string back into a ``mp\_int'' call:
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3828 \begin{verbatim}
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3829 mp_read_raw(mp_int *num, unsigned char *str, int len);
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3830 \end{verbatim}
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3831 Where ``num'' is where to store it, ``str'' is the binary string (including the leading sign byte) and ``len'' is the
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3832 length of the binary string.
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3833
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3834 \subsection{Primality Testing}
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3835 \index{Primality Testing}
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3836 The library includes primality testing and random prime functions as well. The primality tester will perform the test in
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3837 two phases. First it will perform trial division by the first few primes. Second it will perform eight rounds of the
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3838 Rabin-Miller primality testing algorithm. If the candidate passes both phases it is declared prime otherwise it is declared
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3839 composite. No prime number will fail the two phases but composites can. Each round of the Rabin-Miller algorithm reduces
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3840 the probability of a pseudo-prime by $1 \over 4$ therefore after sixteen rounds the probability is no more than
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3841 $\left ( { 1 \over 4 } \right )^{8} = 2^{-16}$. In practice the probability of error is in fact much lower than that.
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3842
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3843 When making random primes the trial division step is in fact an optimized implementation of ``Implementation of Fast RSA Key Generation on Smart Cards''\footnote{Chenghuai Lu, Andre L. M. dos Santos and Francisco R. Pimentel}.
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3844 In essence a table of machine-word sized residues are kept of a candidate modulo a set of primes. When the candiate
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3845 is rejected and ultimately incremented to test the next number the residues are updated without using multi-word precision
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3846 math operations. As a result the routine can scan ahead to the next number required for testing with very little work
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3847 involved.
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3848
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3849 In the event that a composite did make it through it would most likely cause the the algorithm trying to use it to fail. For
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3850 instance, in RSA two primes $p$ and $q$ are required. The order of the multiplicative sub-group (modulo $pq$) is given
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3851 as $\phi(pq)$ or $(p - 1)(q - 1)$. The decryption exponent $d$ is found as $de \equiv 1\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod } \phi(pq))$. If either $p$ or $q$ is composite the value of $d$ will be incorrect and the user
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3852 will not be able to sign or decrypt messages at all. Suppose $p$ was prime and $q$ was composite this is just a variation of
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3853 the multi-prime RSA. Suppose $q = rs$ for two primes $r$ and $s$ then $\phi(pq) = (p - 1)(r - 1)(s - 1)$ which clearly is
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3854 not equal to $(p - 1)(rs - 1)$.
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3855
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3856 These are not technically part of the LibTomMath library but this is the best place to document them.
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3857 To test if a ``mp\_int'' is prime call:
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3858 \begin{verbatim}
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3859 int is_prime(mp_int *N, int *result);
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3860 \end{verbatim}
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3861 This puts a one in ``result'' if the number is probably prime, otherwise it places a zero in it. It is assumed that if
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3862 it returns an error that the value in ``result'' is undefined. To make
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3863 a random prime call:
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3864 \begin{verbatim}
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3865 int rand_prime(mp_int *N, unsigned long len, prng_state *prng, int wprng);
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3866 \end{verbatim}
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3867 Where ``len'' is the size of the prime in bytes ($2 \le len \le 256$). You can set ``len'' to the negative size you want
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3868 to get a prime of the form $p \equiv 3\mbox{ }(\mbox{mod } 4)$. So if you want a 1024-bit prime of this sort pass
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3869 ``len = -128'' to the function. Upon success it will return {\bf CRYPT\_OK} and ``N'' will contain an integer which
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3870 is very likely prime.
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3871
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3872 \chapter{Programming Guidelines}
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3873
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3874 \section{Secure Pseudo Random Number Generators}
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3875 Probably the singal most vulnerable point of any cryptosystem is the PRNG. Without one generating and protecting secrets
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3876 would be impossible. The requirement that one be setup correctly is vitally important and to address this point the library
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3877 does provide two RNG sources that will address the largest amount of end users as possible. The ``sprng'' PRNG provided
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3878 provides and easy to access source of entropy for any application on a *NIX or Windows computer.
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3879
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3880 However, when the end user is not on one of these platforms the application developer must address the issue of finding
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3881 entropy. This manual is not designed to be a text on cryptography. I would just like to highlight that when you design
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3882 a cryptosystem make sure the first problem you solve is getting a fresh source of entropy.
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3883
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3884 \section{Preventing Trivial Errors}
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3885 Two simple ways to prevent trivial errors is to prevent overflows and to check the return values. All of the functions
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3886 which output variable length strings will require you to pass the length of the destination. If the size of your output
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3887 buffer is smaller than the output it will report an error. Therefore, make sure the size you pass is correct!
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3888
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3889 Also virtually all of the functions return an error code or {\bf CRYPT\_OK}. You should detect all errors as simple
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3890 typos or such can cause algorithms to fail to work as desired.
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3891
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3892 \section{Registering Your Algorithms}
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3893 To avoid linking and other runtime errors it is important to register the ciphers, hashes and PRNGs you intend to use
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3894 before you try to use them. This includes any function which would use an algorithm indirectly through a descriptor table.
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3895
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3896 A neat bonus to the registry system is that you can add external algorithms that are not part of the library without
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3897 having to hack the library. For example, suppose you have a hardware specific PRNG on your system. You could easily
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3898 write the few functions required plus a descriptor. After registering your PRNG all of the library functions that
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3899 need a PRNG can instantly take advantage of it.
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3900
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3901 \section{Key Sizes}
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3902
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3903 \subsection{Symmetric Ciphers}
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3904 For symmetric ciphers use as large as of a key as possible. For the most part ``bits are cheap'' so using a 256-bit key
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3905 is not a hard thing todo.
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3906
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3907 \subsection{Assymetric Ciphers}
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3908 The following chart gives the work factor for solving a DH/RSA public key using the NFS. The work factor for a key of order
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3909 $n$ is estimated to be
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3910 \begin{equation}
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3911 e^{1.923 \cdot ln(n)^{1 \over 3} \cdot ln(ln(n))^{2 \over 3}}
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3912 \end{equation}
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3913
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3914 Note that $n$ is not the bit-length but the magnitude. For example, for a 1024-bit key $n = 2^{1024}$. The work required
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3915 is:
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3916 \begin{center}
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3917 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
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3918 \hline RSA/DH Key Size (bits) & Work Factor ($log_2$) \\
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3919 \hline 512 & 63.92 \\
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3920 \hline 768 & 76.50 \\
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3921 \hline 1024 & 86.76 \\
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3922 \hline 1536 & 103.37 \\
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3923 \hline 2048 & 116.88 \\
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3924 \hline 2560 & 128.47 \\
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3925 \hline 3072 & 138.73 \\
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3926 \hline 4096 & 156.49 \\
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3927 \hline
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3928 \end{tabular}
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3929 \end{center}
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3930
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3931 The work factor for ECC keys is much higher since the best attack is still fully exponentional. Given a key of magnitude
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3932 $n$ it requires $\sqrt n$ work. The following table sumarizes the work required:
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3933 \begin{center}
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3934 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
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3935 \hline ECC Key Size (bits) & Work Factor ($log_2$) \\
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3936 \hline 192 & 96 \\
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3937 \hline 224 & 112 \\
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3938 \hline 256 & 128 \\
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3939 \hline 384 & 192 \\
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3940 \hline 521 & 260.5 \\
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3941 \hline
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3942 \end{tabular}
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3943 \end{center}
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3944
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3945 Using the above tables the following suggestions for key sizes seems appropriate:
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3946 \begin{center}
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3947 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
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3948 \hline Security Goal & RSA/DH Key Size (bits) & ECC Key Size (bits) \\
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3949 \hline Short term (less than a year) & 1024 & 160 \\
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3950 \hline Short term (less than five years) & 1536 & 192 \\
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3951 \hline Long Term (less than ten years) & 2560 & 256 \\
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3952 \hline
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3953 \end{tabular}
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3954 \end{center}
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3955
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3956 \section{Thread Safety}
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3957 The library is not thread safe but several simple precautions can be taken to avoid any problems. The registry functions
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3958 such as register\_cipher() are not thread safe no matter what you do. Its best to call them from your programs initializtion
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3959 code before threads are initiated.
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3960
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3961 The rest of the code uses state variables you must pass it such as hash\_state, hmac\_state, etc. This means that if each
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3962 thread has its own state variables then they will not affect each other. This is fairly simple with symmetric ciphers
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3963 and hashes. However, the keyring and PRNG support is something the threads will want to share. The simplest workaround
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3964 is create semaphores or mutexes around calls to those functions.
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3971 \chapter{Configuring and Building the Library}
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3974 each new release that will make the library even more flexible. Each of the classes of functions can be disabled during
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3975 the build process to make a smaller library. This is particularly useful for shared libraries.
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3976
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3977 \section{Building a Static Library}
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3978 The library can be built as a static library which is generally the simplest and most portable method of
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3979 building the library. With a CC or GCC equipped platform you can issue the following
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3980
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3981 \begin{alltt}
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3982 make install_lib
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3983 \end{alltt}
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3984
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3985 Which will build the library and install it in /usr/lib (as well as the headers in /usr/include). The destination
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3986 directory of the library and headers can be changed by editing ``makefile''. The variable LIBNAME controls
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3987 where the library is to be installed and INCNAME controls where the headers are to be installed. A developer can
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3988 then use the library by including ``tomcrypt.h'' in their program and linking against ``libtomcrypt.a''.
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3990 A static library can also be built with the Intel C Compiler (ICC) by issuing the following
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3991
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3992 \begin{alltt}
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3993 make -f makefile.icc install
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3994 \end{alltt}
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3995
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3996 This will also build ``libtomcrypt.a'' except that it will use ICC. Additionally Microsoft's Visual C 6.00 can be used
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3997 by issuing
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3998
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3999 \begin{alltt}
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4000 nmake -f makefile.msvc
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4001 \end{alltt}
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4002
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4003 You will have to manually copy ``tomcrypt.lib'' and the headers to your MSVC lib/inc directories.
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4005 \subsection{MPI Control}
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4006 If you already have LibTomMath installed you can safely remove it from the build. By commenting the line
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4007 in the appropriate makefile which starts with
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4008
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4009 \begin{alltt}
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4010 MPIOBJECT=mpi
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4011 \end{alltt}
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4012
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4013 Simply place a \# at the start and re-build the library. To properly link applications you will have to also
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4014 link in LibTomMath. Removing MPI has the benefit of cutting down the library size as well potentially have access
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4015 to the latest mpi.
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4016
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4017 \section{Building a Shared Library}
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4018 LibTomCrypt can also be built as a shared library (.so, .dll, etc...). With non-Windows platforms the assumption
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4019 of the presence of gcc and ``libtool'' has been made. These are fairly common on Unix/Linux/BSD platforms. To
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4020 build a .so shared library issue
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4021
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4022 \begin{alltt}
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4023 make -f makefile.shared
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4024 \end{alltt}
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4025 This will use libtool and gcc to build a shared library ``libtomcrypt.la'' as well as a static library ``libtomcrypt.a''
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4026 and install them into /usr/lib (and the headers into /usr/include). To link your application you should use the
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4027 libtool program in ``--mode=link''.
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4028
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4029 \section{tomcrypt\_cfg.h}
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4030 The file ``tomcrypt\_cfg.h'' is what lets you control various high level macros which control the behaviour
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4031 of the library.
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4033 \subsubsection{ARGTYPE}
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4034 This lets you control how the \_ARGCHK macro will behave. The macro is used to check pointers inside the functions against
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4035 NULL. There are three settings for ARGTYPE. When set to 0 it will have the default behaviour of printing a message to
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4036 stderr and raising a SIGABRT signal. This is provided so all platforms that use libtomcrypt can have an error that functions
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4037 similarly. When set to 1 it will simply pass on to the assert() macro. When set to 2 it will resolve to a empty macro
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4038 and no error checking will be performed.
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4039
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4040 \subsubsection{Endianess}
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4041 There are five macros related to endianess issues. For little endian platforms define, ENDIAN\_LITTLE. For big endian
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4042 platforms define ENDIAN\_BIG. Similarly when the default word size of an ``unsigned long'' is 32-bits define ENDIAN\_32BITWORD
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4043 or define ENDIAN\_64BITWORD when its 64-bits. If you do not define any of them the library will automatically use ENDIAN\_NEUTRAL
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4044 which will work on all platforms.
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4045
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4046 Currently LibTomCrypt will detect x86-32 and x86-64 running GCC as well as x86-32 running MSVC.
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4048 \section{The Configure Script}
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4049 There are also options you can specify from the configure script or ``tomcrypt\_custom.h''.
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4050
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4051 \subsection{X memory routines}
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4052 At the top of tomcrypt\_custom.h are four macros denoted as XMALLOC, XCALLOC, XREALLOC and XFREE which resolve to
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4053 the name of the respective functions. This lets you substitute in your own memory routines. If you substitute in
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4054 your own functions they must behave like the standard C library functions in terms of what they expect as input and
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4055 output. By default the library uses the standard C routines.
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4056
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4057 \subsection{X clock routines}
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4058 The rng\_get\_bytes() function can call a function that requires the clock() function. These macros let you override
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4059 the default clock() used with a replacement. By default the standard C library clock() function is used.
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4060
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4061 \subsection{NO\_FILE}
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4062 During the build if NO\_FILE is defined then any function in the library that uses file I/O will not call the file I/O
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4063 functions and instead simply return CRYPT\_NOP. This should help resolve any linker errors stemming from a lack of
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4065
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4066 \subsection{CLEAN\_STACK}
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4067 When this functions is defined the functions that store key material on the stack will clean up afterwards.
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4068 Assumes that you have no memory paging with the stack.
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4069
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4070 \subsection{LTC\_TEST}
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4071 When this has been defined the various self--test functions (for ciphers, hashes, prngs, etc) are included in the build.
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4072 When this has been undefined the tests are removed and if called will return CRYPT\_NOP.
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4074 \subsection{Symmetric Ciphers, One-way Hashes, PRNGS and Public Key Functions}
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4075 There are a plethora of macros for the ciphers, hashes, PRNGs and public key functions which are fairly
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4076 self-explanatory. When they are defined the functionality is included otherwise it is not. There are some
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4077 dependency issues which are noted in the file. For instance, Yarrow requires CTR chaining mode, a block
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4078 cipher and a hash function.
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4080 \subsection{TWOFISH\_SMALL and TWOFISH\_TABLES}
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4081 Twofish is a 128-bit symmetric block cipher that is provided within the library. The cipher itself is flexible enough
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4082 to allow some tradeoffs in the implementation. When TWOFISH\_SMALL is defined the scheduled symmetric key for Twofish
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4087 When TWOFISH\_TABLES is defined the cipher will use pre-computed (and fixed in code) tables required to work. This is
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4089 will increase by approximately 500 bytes. If this is defined but TWOFISH\_SMALL is not the cipher will still work but
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4092 \subsection{GCM\_TABLES}
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4093 When defined GCM will use a 64KB table (per GCM state) which will greatly speed up the per--packet latency.
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4094 It also increases the initialization time and isn't suitable when you are going to use a key a few times only.
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4095
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4096 \subsection{SMALL\_CODE}
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4098 These variants are slower but can save quite a bit of code space.
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4100 \subsection{LTC\_FAST}
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4101 This mode (autodetected with x86\_32,x86\_64 platforms with GCC or MSVC) configures various routines such as ctr\_encrypt() or
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4102 cbc\_encrypt() that it can safely XOR multiple octets in one step by using a larger data type. This has the benefit of
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4103 cutting down the overhead of the respective functions.
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4104
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4105 This mode does have one downside. It can cause unaligned reads from memory if you are not careful with the functions. This is why
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4106 it has been enabled by default only for the x86 class of processors where unaligned accesses are allowed. Technically LTC\_FAST
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4107 is not ``portable'' since unaligned accesses are not covered by the ISO C specifications.
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4108
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4109 In practice however, you can use it on pretty much any platform (even MIPS) with care.
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4110
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4111 By design the ``fast'' mode functions won't get unaligned on their own. For instance, if you call ctr\_encrypt() right after calling
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4112 ctr\_start() and all the inputs you gave are aligned than ctr\_encrypt() will perform aligned memory operations only. However, if you
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4113 call ctr\_encrypt() with an odd amount of plaintext then call it again the CTR pad (the IV) will be partially used. This will
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4114 cause the ctr routine to first use up the remaining pad bytes. Then if there are enough plaintext bytes left it will use
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4115 whole word XOR operations. These operations will be unaligned.
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4116
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4117 The simplest precaution is to make sure you process all data in power of two blocks and handle ``remainder'' at the end. e.g. If you are
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4118 CTR'ing a long stream process it in blocks of (say) four kilobytes and handle any remaining incomplete blocks at the end of the stream.
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4119
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4120 If you do plan on using the ``LTC\_FAST'' mode you have to also define a ``LTC\_FAST\_TYPE'' macro which resolves to an optimal sized
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4121 data type you can perform integer operations with. Ideally it should be four or eight bytes since it must properly divide the size
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4122 of your block cipher (e.g. 16 bytes for AES). This means sadly if you're on a platform with 57--bit words (or something) you can't
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4123 use this mode. So sad.
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4124
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4125 \subsection{LTC\_PTHREAD}
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4126 When this is activated all of the descriptor table functions will use pthread locking to ensure thread safe updates to the tables. Note that
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4127 it doesn't prevent a thread that is passively using a table from being messed up by another thread that updates the table.
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4128
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4129 Generally the rule of thumb is to setup the tables once at startup and then leave them be. This added build flag simply makes updating
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4130 the tables safer.
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4132 \section{MPI Tweaks}
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4133 \subsection{RSA Only Tweak}
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4134 If you plan on only using RSA with moduli in the range of 1024 to 2560 bits you can enable a series of tweaks
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4135 to reduce the library size. Follow these steps
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4136
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4137 \begin{enumerate}
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4138 \item Undefine MDSA, MECC and MDH from tomcrypt\_custom.h
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4139 \item Undefine LTM\_ALL from tommath\_superclass.h
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4140 \item Define SC\_RSA\_1 from tommath\_superclass.h
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4141 \item Rebuild the library.
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4142 \end{enumerate}
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4143
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4144 \chapter{Optimizations}
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4145 \section{Introduction}
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4146 The entire API was designed with plug and play in mind at the low level. That is you can swap out any cipher, hash or PRNG and dependent API will not require
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4147 updating. This has the nice benefit that I can add ciphers not have to re--write large portions of the API. For the most part LibTomCrypt has also been written
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4148 to be highly portable and easy to build out of the box on pretty much any platform. As such there are no assembler inlines throughout the code, I make no assumptions
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4149 about the platform, etc...
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4150
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4151 That works well for most cases but there are times where time is of the essence. This API also allows optimized routines to be dropped in--place of the existing
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4152 portable routines. For instance, hand optimized assembler versions of AES could be provided and any existing function that uses the cipher could automatically use
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4153 the optimized code without re--writing. This also paves the way for hardware drivers that can access hardware accelerated cryptographic devices.
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4154
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4155 At the heart of this flexibility is the ``descriptor'' system. A descriptor is essentially just a C ``struct'' which describes the algorithm and provides pointers
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4156 to functions that do the work. For a given class of operation (e.g. cipher, hash, prng) the functions have identical prototypes which makes development simple. In most
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4157 dependent routines all a developer has to do is register\_XXX() the descriptor and they're set.
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4158
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4159 \section{Ciphers}
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4160 The ciphers in LibTomCrypt are accessed through the ltc\_cipher\_descriptor structure.
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4161
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4162 \begin{small}
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4163 \begin{verbatim}
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4164 struct ltc_cipher_descriptor {
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4165 /** name of cipher */
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4166 char *name;
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4167 /** internal ID */
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4168 unsigned char ID;
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4169 /** min keysize (octets) */
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4170 int min_key_length,
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4171 /** max keysize (octets) */
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4172 max_key_length,
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4173 /** block size (octets) */
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4174 block_length,
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4175 /** default number of rounds */
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4176 default_rounds;
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4177 /** Setup the cipher
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4178 @param key The input symmetric key
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4179 @param keylen The length of the input key (octets)
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4180 @param num_rounds The requested number of rounds (0==default)
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4181 @param skey [out] The destination of the scheduled key
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4182 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4183 */
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4184 int (*setup)(const unsigned char *key, int keylen,
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4185 int num_rounds, symmetric_key *skey);
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4186 /** Encrypt a block
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4187 @param pt The plaintext
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4188 @param ct [out] The ciphertext
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4189 @param skey The scheduled key
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4190 */
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4191 void (*ecb_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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4192 unsigned char *ct, symmetric_key *skey);
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4193 /** Decrypt a block
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4194 @param ct The ciphertext
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4195 @param pt [out] The plaintext
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4196 @param skey The scheduled key
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4197 */
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4198 void (*ecb_decrypt)(const unsigned char *ct,
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4199 unsigned char *pt, symmetric_key *skey);
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4200 /** Test the block cipher
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4201 @return CRYPT_OK if successful, CRYPT_NOP if self-testing has been disabled
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4202 */
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4203 int (*test)(void);
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4204 /** Determine a key size
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4205 @param keysize [in/out] The size of the key desired and the suggested size
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4206 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4207 */
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4208 int (*keysize)(int *keysize);
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4209
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4210 /** Accelerators **/
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4211 /** Accelerated ECB encryption
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4212 @param pt Plaintext
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4213 @param ct Ciphertext
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4214 @param blocks The number of complete blocks to process
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4215 @param skey The scheduled key context
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4216 */
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4217 void (*accel_ecb_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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4218 unsigned char *ct, unsigned long blocks,
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4219 symmetric_key *skey);
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4220
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4221 /** Accelerated ECB decryption
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4222 @param pt Plaintext
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4223 @param ct Ciphertext
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4224 @param blocks The number of complete blocks to process
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4225 @param skey The scheduled key context
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4226 */
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4227 void (*accel_ecb_decrypt)(const unsigned char *ct,
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4228 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long blocks,
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4229 symmetric_key *skey);
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4230
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4231 /** Accelerated CBC encryption
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4232 @param pt Plaintext
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4233 @param ct Ciphertext
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4234 @param blocks The number of complete blocks to process
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4235 @param IV The initial value (input/output)
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4236 @param skey The scheduled key context
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4237 */
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4238 void (*accel_cbc_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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4239 unsigned char *ct, unsigned long blocks,
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4240 unsigned char *IV, symmetric_key *skey);
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4241
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4242 /** Accelerated CBC decryption
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4243 @param pt Plaintext
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4244 @param ct Ciphertext
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4245 @param blocks The number of complete blocks to process
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4246 @param IV The initial value (input/output)
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4247 @param skey The scheduled key context
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4248 */
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4249 void (*accel_cbc_decrypt)(const unsigned char *ct,
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4250 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long blocks,
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4251 unsigned char *IV, symmetric_key *skey);
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4252
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4253 /** Accelerated CTR encryption
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4254 @param pt Plaintext
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4255 @param ct Ciphertext
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4256 @param blocks The number of complete blocks to process
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4257 @param IV The initial value (input/output)
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4258 @param mode little or big endian counter (mode=0 or mode=1)
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4259 @param skey The scheduled key context
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4260 */
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4261 void (*accel_ctr_encrypt)(const unsigned char *pt,
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4262 unsigned char *ct, unsigned long blocks,
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4263 unsigned char *IV, int mode, symmetric_key *skey);
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4264
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4265 /** Accelerated CCM packet (one-shot)
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4266 @param key The secret key to use
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4267 @param keylen The length of the secret key (octets)
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4268 @param nonce The session nonce [use once]
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4269 @param noncelen The length of the nonce
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4270 @param header The header for the session
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4271 @param headerlen The length of the header (octets)
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4272 @param pt [out] The plaintext
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4273 @param ptlen The length of the plaintext (octets)
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4274 @param ct [out] The ciphertext
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4275 @param tag [out] The destination tag
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4276 @param taglen [in/out] The max size and resulting size of the authentication tag
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4277 @param direction Encrypt or Decrypt direction (0 or 1)
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4278 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4279 */
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4280 void (*accel_ccm_memory)(
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4281 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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4282 const unsigned char *nonce, unsigned long noncelen,
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4283 const unsigned char *header, unsigned long headerlen,
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4284 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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4285 unsigned char *ct,
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4286 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen,
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4287 int direction);
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4288
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4289 /** Accelerated GCM packet (one shot)
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4290 @param key The secret key
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4291 @param keylen The length of the secret key
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4292 @param IV The initial vector
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4293 @param IVlen The length of the initial vector
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4294 @param adata The additional authentication data (header)
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4295 @param adatalen The length of the adata
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4296 @param pt The plaintext
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4297 @param ptlen The length of the plaintext (ciphertext length is the same)
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4298 @param ct The ciphertext
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4299 @param tag [out] The MAC tag
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4300 @param taglen [in/out] The MAC tag length
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4301 @param direction Encrypt or Decrypt mode (GCM_ENCRYPT or GCM_DECRYPT)
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4302 */
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4303 void (*accel_gcm_memory)(
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4304 const unsigned char *key, unsigned long keylen,
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4305 const unsigned char *IV, unsigned long IVlen,
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4306 const unsigned char *adata, unsigned long adatalen,
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4307 unsigned char *pt, unsigned long ptlen,
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4308 unsigned char *ct,
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4309 unsigned char *tag, unsigned long *taglen,
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4310 int direction);
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4311
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4312 };
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4313 \end{verbatim}
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4314 \end{small}
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4315
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4316 \subsection{Name}
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4317 The ``name'' parameter specifies the name of the cipher. This is what a developer would pass to find\_cipher() to find the cipher in the descriptor
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4318 tables.
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4319
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4320 \subsection{Internal ID}
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4321 This is a single byte Internal ID you can use to distingish ciphers from each other.
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4322
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4323 \subsection{Key Lengths}
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4324 The minimum key length is ``min\_key\_length'' and is measured in octets. Similarly the maximum key length is ``max\_key\_length''. They can be equal
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4325 and both must valid key sizes for the cipher. Values in between are not assumed to be valid though they may be.
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4326
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4327 \subsection{Block Length}
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4328 The size of the ciphers plaintext or ciphertext is ``block\_length'' and is measured in octets.
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4329
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4330 \subsection{Rounds}
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4331 Some ciphers allow different number of rounds to be used. Usually you just use the default. The default round count is ``default\_rounds''.
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4332
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4333 \subsection{Setup}
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4334 To initialize a cipher (for ECB mode) the function setup() was provided. It accepts an array of key octets ``key'' of length ``keylen'' octets. The user
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4335 can specify the number of rounds they want through ``num\_rounds'' where $num\_rounds = 0$ means use the default. The destination of a scheduled key is stored
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4336 in ``skey''.
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4337
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4338 Inside the ``symmetric\_key'' union there is a ``void *data'' which you can use to allocate data if you need a data structure that doesn't fit with the existing
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4339 ones provided. Just make sure in your ``done()'' function that you free the allocated memory.
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4340
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4341 \subsection{Single block ECB}
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4342 To process a single block in ECB mode the ecb\_encrypt() and ecb\_decrypt() functions were provided. The plaintext and ciphertext buffers are allowed to overlap so you
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4343 must make sure you do not overwrite the output before you are finished with the input.
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4344
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4345 \subsection{Testing}
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4346 The test() function is used to self--test the ``device''. It takes no arguments and returns \textbf{CRYPT\_OK} if all is working properly.
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4347
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4348 \subsection{Key Sizing}
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4349 Occasionally a function will want to find a suitable key size to use since the input is oddly sized. The keysize() function is for this case. It accepts a
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4350 pointer to an integer which represents the desired size. The function then has to match it to the exact or a lower key size that is valid for the cipher. For
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4351 example, if the input is $25$ and $24$ is valid then it stores $24$ back in the pointed to integer. It must not round up and must return an error if the keysize
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4352 cannot be mapped to a valid key size for the cipher.
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4353
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4354 \subsection{Acceleration}
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4355 The next set of functions cover the accelerated functionality of the cipher descriptor. Any combination of these functions may be set to \textbf{NULL} to indicate
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4356 it is not supported. In those cases the software fallbacks are used (using the single ECB block routines).
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4357
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4358 \subsubsection{Accelerated ECB}
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4359 These two functions are meant for cases where a user wants to encrypt (in ECB mode no less) an array of blocks. These functions are accessed
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4361
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4362 \subsubsection{Accelerated CBC}
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4363 These two functions are meant for accelerated CBC encryption. These functions are accessed through the accel\_cbc\_encrypt and accel\_cbc\_decrypt pointers.
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4364 The ``blocks'' value is the number of complete blocks to process. The ``IV'' is the CBC initial vector. It is an input upon calling this function and must be
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4365 updated by the function before returning.
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4366
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4367 \subsubsection{Accelerated CTR}
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4368 This function is meant for accelerated CTR encryption. It is accessible through the accel\_ctr\_encrypt pointer.
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4369 The ``blocks'' value is the number of complete blocks to process. The ``IV'' is the CTR counter vector. It is an input upon calling this function and must be
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4370 updated by the function before returning. The ``mode'' value indicates whether the counter is big (mode = CTR\_COUNTER\_BIG\_ENDIAN) or
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4371 little (mode = CTR\_COUNTER\_LITTLE\_ENDIAN) endian.
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4372
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4373 This function (and the way it's called) differs from the other two since ctr\_encrypt() allows any size input plaintext. The accelerator will only be
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4374 called if the following conditions are met.
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4375
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4376 \begin{enumerate}
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4377 \item The accelerator is present
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4378 \item The CTR pad is empty
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4379 \item The remaining length of the input to process is greater than or equal to the block size.
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4380 \end{enumerate}
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4381
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4382 The ``CTR pad'' is empty when a multiple (including zero) blocks of text have been processed. That is, if you pass in seven bytes to AES--CTR mode you would have to
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4383 pass in a minimum of nine extra bytes before the accelerator could be called. The CTR accelerator must increment the counter (and store it back into the
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4384 buffer provided) before encrypting it to create the pad.
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4385
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4386 The accelerator will only be used to encrypt whole blocks. Partial blocks are always handled in software.
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4387
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4388 \subsubsection{Accelerated CCM}
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4389 This function is meant for accelerated CCM encryption or decryption. It processes the entire packet in one call. Note that the setup() function will not
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4390 be called prior to this. This function must handle scheduling the key provided on its own.
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4391
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4392 \subsubsection{Accelerated GCM}
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4393 This function is meant for accelerated GCM encryption or decryption. It processes the entire packet in one call. Note that the setup() function will not
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4394 be called prior to this. This function must handle scheduling the key provided on its own.
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4395
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4396 \section{One--Way Hashes}
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4397 The hash functions are accessed through the ltc\_hash\_descriptor structure.
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4398
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4399 \begin{small}
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4400 \begin{verbatim}
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4401 struct ltc_hash_descriptor {
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4402 /** name of hash */
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4403 char *name;
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4404 /** internal ID */
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4405 unsigned char ID;
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4406 /** Size of digest in octets */
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4407 unsigned long hashsize;
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4408 /** Input block size in octets */
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4409 unsigned long blocksize;
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4410 /** ASN.1 OID */
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4411 unsigned long OID[16];
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4412 /** Length of DER encoding */
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4413 unsigned long OIDlen;
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4414 /** Init a hash state
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4415 @param hash The hash to initialize
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4416 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4417 */
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4418 int (*init)(hash_state *hash);
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4419 /** Process a block of data
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4420 @param hash The hash state
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4421 @param in The data to hash
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4422 @param inlen The length of the data (octets)
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4423 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4424 */
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4425 int (*process)(hash_state *hash, const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen);
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4426 /** Produce the digest and store it
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4427 @param hash The hash state
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4428 @param out [out] The destination of the digest
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4429 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4430 */
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4431 int (*done)(hash_state *hash, unsigned char *out);
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4432 /** Self-test
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4433 @return CRYPT_OK if successful, CRYPT_NOP if self-tests have been disabled
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4434 */
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4435 int (*test)(void);
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4436 };
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4437 \end{verbatim}
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4438 \end{small}
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4439
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4440 \subsection{Name}
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4441 This is the name the hash is known by and what find\_hash() will look for.
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4442
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4443 \subsection{Internal ID}
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4444 This is the internal ID byte used to distinguish the hash from other hashes.
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4445
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4446 \subsection{Digest Size}
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4447 The ``hashsize'' variable indicates the length of the output in octets.
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4448
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4449 \subsection{Block Size}
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4450 The `blocksize'' variable indicates the length of input (in octets) that the hash processes in a given
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4451 invokation.
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4452
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4453 \subsection{OID Identifier}
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4454 This is the universal ASN.1 Object Identifier for the hash.
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4455
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4456 \subsection{Initialization}
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4457 The init function initializes the hash and prepares it to process message bytes.
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4458
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4459 \subsection{Process}
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4460 This processes message bytes. The algorithm must accept any length of input that the hash would allow. The input is not
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4461 guaranteed to be a multiple of the block size in length.
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4462
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4463 \subsection{Done}
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4464 The done function terminates the hash and returns the message digest.
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4465
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4466 \subsection{Acceleration}
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4467 A compatible accelerator must allow processing data in any granularity which may require internal padding on the driver side.
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4468
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4469 \section{Pseudo--Random Number Generators}
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4470 The pseudo--random number generators are accessible through the ltc\_prng\_descriptor structure.
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4471
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4472 \begin{small}
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4473 \begin{verbatim}
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4474 struct ltc_prng_descriptor {
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4475 /** Name of the PRNG */
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4476 char *name;
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4477 /** size in bytes of exported state */
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4478 int export_size;
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4479 /** Start a PRNG state
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4480 @param prng [out] The state to initialize
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4481 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4482 */
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4483 int (*start)(prng_state *prng);
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4484 /** Add entropy to the PRNG
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4485 @param in The entropy
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4486 @param inlen Length of the entropy (octets)\
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4487 @param prng The PRNG state
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4488 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4489 */
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4490 int (*add_entropy)(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen, prng_state *prng);
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4491 /** Ready a PRNG state to read from
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4492 @param prng The PRNG state to ready
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4493 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4494 */
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4495 int (*ready)(prng_state *prng);
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4496 /** Read from the PRNG
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4497 @param out [out] Where to store the data
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4498 @param outlen Length of data desired (octets)
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4499 @param prng The PRNG state to read from
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4500 @return Number of octets read
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4501 */
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4502 unsigned long (*read)(unsigned char *out, unsigned long outlen, prng_state *prng);
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4503 /** Terminate a PRNG state
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4504 @param prng The PRNG state to terminate
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4505 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4506 */
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4507 int (*done)(prng_state *prng);
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4508 /** Export a PRNG state
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4509 @param out [out] The destination for the state
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4510 @param outlen [in/out] The max size and resulting size of the PRNG state
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4511 @param prng The PRNG to export
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4512 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4513 */
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4514 int (*pexport)(unsigned char *out, unsigned long *outlen, prng_state *prng);
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4515 /** Import a PRNG state
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4516 @param in The data to import
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4517 @param inlen The length of the data to import (octets)
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4518 @param prng The PRNG to initialize/import
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4519 @return CRYPT_OK if successful
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4520 */
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4521 int (*pimport)(const unsigned char *in, unsigned long inlen, prng_state *prng);
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4522 /** Self-test the PRNG
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4523 @return CRYPT_OK if successful, CRYPT_NOP if self-testing has been disabled
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4524 */
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4525 int (*test)(void);
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4526 };
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4527 \end{verbatim}
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4528 \end{small}
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4529
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4530 \subsection{Name}
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4531 The name by which find\_prng() will find the PRNG.
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4532
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4533 \subsection{Export Size}
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4534 When an PRNG state is to be exported for future use you specify the space required in this variable.
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4535
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4536 \subsection{Start}
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4537 Initialize the PRNG and make it ready to accept entropy.
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4538
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4539 \subsection{Entropy Addition}
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4540 Add entropy to the PRNG state. The exact behaviour of this function depends on the particulars of the PRNG.
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4541
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4542 \subsection{Ready}
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4543 This function makes the PRNG ready to read from by processing the entropy added. The behaviour of this function depends
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4544 on the specific PRNG used.
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4545
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4546 \subsection{Read}
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4547 Read from the PRNG and return the number of bytes read. This function does not have to fill the buffer but it is best
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4548 if it does as many protocols do not retry reads and will fail on the first try.
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4549
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4550 \subsection{Done}
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4551 Terminate a PRNG state. The behaviour of this function depends on the particular PRNG used.
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4552
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4553 \subsection{Exporting and Importing}
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4554 An exported PRNG state is data that the PRNG can later import to resume activity. They're not meant to resume ``the same session''
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4555 but should at least maintain the same level of state entropy.
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4557 \input{crypt.ind}
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4559 \end{document}
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4560
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4561 % $Source: /cvs/libtom/libtomcrypt/crypt.tex,v $
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4562 % $Revision: 1.39 $
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4563 % $Date: 2005/06/27 13:08:28 $